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Drum (taphon mon) and stand
early 20th century
Object Place: Thailand
Medium/Technique
Wood, calfskin
Dimensions
Drum height 64.8 cm, diameter 48 cm (Drum height 25 1/2 in., diameter 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession Number2004.411a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
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)