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Goblet drum (thōn mahōrī)
Goblet drum (thon mahori)
Goblet drum (thōn mahōrī)
early 20th century
Object Place: Thailand
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, mother-of-pearl, calfskin
Dimensions
Height 38.5 cm, diameter 24 cm (Height 15 3/16 in., diameter 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession Number2004.406
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionMother-of-pearl inlay includes the image of a celestial being called thepphanom (upright when the drum is upside-down); drumhead tensioned with black string.
ProvenanceBy 1993, likely acquired with the assistance of François Duhau de Bérenx, Bangkok, by Doris Duke (1912-1993), Somerset County, New Jersey; 1993, by inheritance to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York; 2004, gift of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 2004)