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Name of Object:

Drum

Location:

Vienna, Austria

Holding Museum:

Kunsthistorisches Museum

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Date of Object:

Undated

Museum Inventory Number:

AM_PA_493

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Bronze, leather

Dimensions:

Height: 13cm, Diameter: 20cm

Period / Dynasty:

Ottoman

Provenance:

Turkey?

Description:

Small kettle drums like this one were used in pairs; attached to the saddle they were beaten by hand or with small drumsticks at the onset of the battle. Their semi-circular bronze corpus was covered with a leather drumhead.

How date and origin were established:

Comparison with similar objects

How Object was obtained:

Collection of Ambras castle; documented since AD 1882

How provenance was established:

ILG / BOEHEIM, 1883
Inventory of Furniture and Small Artefacts held at Ambras Castle, page 5

Selected bibliography:

Scheicher, Elisabeth et al. (eds), Kunsthistorisches Museum Sammlungen Schloss Ambras. Die Kunstkammer, Innsbruck: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1977.

Citation of this web page:

Veronika Sandbichler, Thomas Kuster "Drum" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus22;4;en

Prepared by: Veronika Sandbichler, Thomas Kuster
Copyedited by: Liz Cooper

MWNF Working Number: AT2 04

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