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Goblet drum
Goblet drum
Goblet drum

Goblet drum

Vernacular Name
  • Ozi
Date1880-1899 ca.
Place MadeMyanmar (Burma), Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnoneDescriptionGoblet-shaped drum made by hollowing out a single block of wood. Held vertically, resting on the drummer’s chest, and suspended by a cord around the neck. Used in traditional outdoor dance ensembles.DimensionsTotal height: 34-1/4 in
Diameter of head: 10-1/4 in
Diameter of base: 12 in
ProvenancePurchased from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York, 1980.Published ReferencesThomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, The Shrine to Music Museum Catalog of the Collections, Vol. II, André P. Larson, editor (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1982), p. 19.

Thomas E. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. 41, plates XV.

André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion:
National Music Museum, 1988), p. 29.
Credit LineRawlins Fund, 1980
Object number02685
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