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Frame drum (rammana mahori)

early 20th century

Object PlaceThailand

Medium/TechniqueLacquered wood, mother-of-pearl, ivory, calfskin

DimensionsDiameter 23.3 cm, height 7.3 cm (Diameter 9 3/16 in., height 2 7/8 in.)

Credit LineGift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection

Accession number2004.405

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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ProvenanceBy 1993, likely acquired with the assistance of François Duhau de Bérenx, Bangkok, by Doris Duke (1912-1993), Somerset County, New Jersey; 1993, by inheritance to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York; 2004, gift of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 2004)