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Gong

Date1900-1925 ca.
Place MadeThailand (Siam), Asia
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionSmall, knobbed, bronze gong. This example has a five-pointed star engraved on the front. When played, it is suspended by a cord that passes through two holes in the circular rim. Struck on the knob with a padded beater.
DimensionsDiameter: 160 mm
ProvenancePurportedly, collected by Rev. McDermott in Thailand or Myanmar (Burma).
Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet, Shrine to Music Catalog Vol. II (1982), p. 22.

Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand, and Tibet in the Collections of the Shrine to Music Museum, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1983, p. 43, plate XVIII.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02432
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