Drum Circle
ca. before 1880 (made)
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Circular carved wooden frame, the rim fringed with red, green and yellow cotton/felt, serrated edges. Suspended from this are seventeen small drums, wood with parchment heads and graduated in size and an inner frame with nine small gongs attached.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood, cotton textile, skin and pigment. |
| Brief description | Amalgamated miniature representation of two Burmese musical instruments a hsaing-waing (drum circle) and a kyi-waing (gong circle). Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Circular, with seventeen small drums and an inner frame with nine small gongs attached. Carved wooden frame, the rim fringed with red, green and yellow cotton/felt, serated edges. ca. before 1880 |
| Physical description | Circular carved wooden frame, the rim fringed with red, green and yellow cotton/felt, serrated edges. Suspended from this are seventeen small drums, wood with parchment heads and graduated in size and an inner frame with nine small gongs attached. |
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| Production | Attribution note: "This is a miniature "toy" model of a hsaing-waing (drum circle) and a kyi-waing (gong circle). In their standard size they would have formed two separate items in a traditional Burmese orchestra. The drums of the hsaing-waing would have hung inside the circular frame and would have been played by a man standing in the middle. The large drum would be placed alongside and played by a second man. Similarly the gongs would have been set around the inside of the kyi-waing and played by a man sitting in the middle". Comments from U kyaw Zan Tha; Cultural Attache from the Burmese Embassy; London 1995 |
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| Accession number | 05159:1/(IS) |
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| Record created | May 14, 2001 |
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