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Frame drum (banku-raban)
19th century
Object Place: Sri Lanka
Medium/Technique
Jak wood, leather
Dimensions
Height 17.6 cm, diameter 50.5 cm (Height 6 15/16 in., diameter 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1740
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionCylindrical shell of jak wood (?) tapered toward bottom. Single skin head stretched over upper end, held in place by band of skin with small iron tacks through it. Eight additional large copper tacks through triangular tabs of skin, which alternate large and small.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)