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Bass drum
about 1815
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Height 80 cm, diameter 72 cm (Height 31 1/2 in., diameter 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2022
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionWooden barrel built up with two shells of equal height. Two wooden hoops, braced and tightened with cord and tags. Below inscription are white and blue ensigns with the flagstaffs crossed.
InscriptionsPainted on shell (on large red square): DARTMOUTH INDEPENDENT HARMONY BAND / (on a small scroll: Unity is strength)
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)