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Hourglass drum
Hourglass drum
Hourglass drum

Hourglass drum

Date1875-1900 ca.
Place MadeSamoa, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnoneDescriptionWood. Snakeskin head. Cloth.DimensionsOverall length: 1030 mmProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 27.

Sarah E. Smith, "Percussion Instruments in America's Shrine to Music Museum," Percussive Notes, Vol. 37, No. 1 (February 1999), p. 8.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01535
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