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Drum
Vienna, Austria
Kunsthistorisches Museum
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Undated
AM_PA_493
Bronze, leather
Height: 13cm, Diameter: 20cm
Ottoman
Turkey?
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.
Comparison with similar objects
Collection of Ambras castle; documented since AD 1882
ILG / BOEHEIM, 1883
Inventory of Furniture and Small Artefacts held at Ambras Castle, page 5
Scheicher, Elisabeth et al. (eds), Kunsthistorisches Museum Sammlungen Schloss Ambras. Die Kunstkammer, Innsbruck: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1977.
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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