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Pair of kettledrums (naqqara)
19th century
Object Place: Probably North Africa
Medium/Technique
Copper, sheepskin
Dimensions
Object A: Height 9 cm, diameter 12.6 cm (Height 3 9/16 in., diameter 4 15/16 in.)
Object B: Height 7.3 cm, diameter 11.6 cm (Height 2 7/8 in., diameter 4 9/16 in.)
Object B: Height 7.3 cm, diameter 11.6 cm (Height 2 7/8 in., diameter 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2018a-b
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, December 17, 2023 – August 4, 2024
On display at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, December 17, 2023 – August 4, 2024
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
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)
Improvisation
Performed by Cem Mutlu on a modern kudüm