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Steel Drums

Vincent Taylor Trinidadian
1974
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 682

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Object Information
  • Title: Steel Drums
  • Maker: Vincent Taylor
  • Date: 1974
  • Geography: Trinidad and Tobago
  • Culture: Trinidadian, active New York
  • Medium: Steel
  • Dimensions: Diameters: approx. 58 cm (22 13/16 in.)
    Rim depths: approx. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
    Length of Beaters: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.)
  • Classification: Idiophone-Struck
  • Credit Line: Gift of Vincent Taylor, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.114a–e
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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