Tanggu (barrel drum)

Photo by Dominic Ibbotson © The University of Edinburgh

Alternative Title

Tanggu.

Instrument

Barrel drum

Instrument Family

Percussion

Place Made

China; Asia

Date Made

Circa 1925

Description

Technical description: Wooden shell, painted red; two heads, possibly pig skin, nailed on. Two rings diametrically opposite on shell for suspending; two smaller rings also added. Overall diameter c 480; head diameter 395.

Other Information

Specific usage history: Imported.

Notes

P.R. Cooke, 1997.

Measurements

height 392.

Provenance

Purchased, 1982.

Collection

Blades Collection; MIMEd

Accession Number

1635