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Shaman drum

An irregularly oval wooden frame is covered on one side with a leather membrane in such a way that eight leather tips are bound together on the back. Inside is a cross made of iron rods. On the outer edge of the frame are tubular bells and strips of fabric and leather. The outside of the membrane is painted red with a face with a halo (modern?). Inside there is an inscription in Cyrillic: Name and date 1885 Index card Musiketh.: "Membranophon, einfellige Rahmentrommel (Schamanentrommel)"

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Mongolen
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Durchmesser: der Trommel maximal: 31 cm
Höhe: 7,5 cm
Breite: 27 cm (gestauchter Durchmesser, vertikal zur Skizze )
Material/Technique
Wood, Skin , Metal , Fabric (cotton), Pigment
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I A 2168 a
Related object(s)
Activity : Vorgang: E 34/1886, Erwerbung: I/28/1886: I A 2162-2168, Schamanenkostüm (Mongolei), H. Pfaffius, Kiachta (Kjachta): Inhalt/Enthält: Pfaffius, in den Goldminen, hat 2 Kisten an die Botschaft in Petersburg abgesandt. (8.12.1885) - Eing. 11/3., 1885 (12.08.1885), Eugène W. Pfaffius (1882)
Vorgang: E 34/1886, Erwerbung: I/28/1886: I A 2162-2168, Schamanenkostüm (Mongolei), H. Pfaffius, Kiachta (Kjachta): Inhalt/Enthält: Pfaffius, in den Goldminen, hat 2 Kisten an die Botschaft in Petersburg abgesandt. (8.12.1885) - Eing. 11/3., 1885 (12.08.1885), Eugène W. Pfaffius (1882)
is related to : Objektbezug: VIII NA 2277, Negativ, SW, Aufnahme einer Trommel (I A 2168), Eugène W. Pfaffius (1882)
Objektbezug: VIII NA 2277, Negativ, SW, Aufnahme einer Trommel (I A 2168), Eugène W. Pfaffius (1882)

Provenance and sources

when
1885
where
Siberia [Region]
Chitinskaya [Oblast]
who
Burjaten (Buryat)
Mongolen

who
Eugène W. Pfaffius - Collectors

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