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Bass drum and two mallets
about 1810
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Height 73.5 cm, diameter 65 cm (Height 28 15/16 in., diameter 25 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2021a-c
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionWooden barrel, overlapped and riveted with three rows of flat- headed brass rivets. Painted white scroll, decorations, no inscriptions. Two painted wooden hoops held with cord braces and tightened with leather tags. One hoop braces with sheet iron patches (riveted on). Two drumsticks.
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)