Drum
This barrel-shaped instrument is constructed of wooden staves and fitted with leather heads lashed together. Both the drumheads and the lashes are painted red. Drums of this kind, often played by women, hung from the musician's neck by a cord and were struck on both heads with the bands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Drum
- Period: Late Period
- Date: 664–332 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Wood, hide, paint
- Dimensions: H. 33 cm (13 in); diam. 34 cm (13 3/8 in); diam. at ends 25 cm (9 13/16 in)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1924
- Object Number: 24.2.15
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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