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Found in eastern India and Bangladesh, this drum, protected by elaborate lacings, is used to accompany kirtan, the sacred Vaishnava devotional music. Its name is a variation of hol, a word for drum used in many South Asian regions.
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Title: Khol
Date: 20th century
Geography: Eastern India, India
Culture: Indian
Medium: Wood, leather, tuning paste
Dimensions: Diam. 15 × L. 25 1/2 × 13 in. (38.1 × 64.8 × 33 cm)
Classification: Membranophone-double-headed / biconical drum
Credit Line: Gift of Herbert J. Harris, 1986
Accession Number: 1986.467.19
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