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Terra cotta drum
Object Number 99-12-60/53846
Display Title Terra cotta drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, ceramic vessel, leather top and base, leather strappings
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India?
Materials Ceramic, Pigment, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 21 x 22 cm (9 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 10
Label on object 53846
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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