Kettledrum
51-46-17
From: India
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-46-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India |
| Date Made | 17th Century - 1904 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Copper | Leather |
| Technique | Hammered | Braided |
| Description | Kettle drum; body of hammered copper. Head is tannish in color, skin with a black spherical patch on it. Thick braided ring of leather is wound around head, strip of leather is around base. Leather straps(N ligatures) are attached to base and head creating a design around drum body. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 04-310 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | l-238-17 - Old Museum Number | M361 - Seder Number |
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