Frame drum
Date1900-1925 ca.
Place MadeNepal, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionWooden frame drum with goatskin drumheads. Ornately carved wooden handle with sea dragon head (makara) and three scepters of power. Red wax seal attached to base of handle. Employed by faith healers and shaman to invoke the spirits of the heavens. A fetish sealed inside the drum adds variety to each stroke of the long curved cane beater.
DimensionsDiameter (irregular): 330-350 mm
Shell depth: 120 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1986 from H. M. Lissauer, Melbourne, Australia.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1986
Object number03980
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