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Frame drum (rammana?)

Frame drum (rammana?)

1950–75
Object PlacePossibly Cambodia
Medium/TechniqueWood, rattan, animal skin
DimensionsHeight 9.6 cm, diameter 35.7 cm (Height 3 3/4 in., diameter 14 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joseph R. Coolidge in memory of his wife, Peggy Stuart Coolidge
Accession number1981.779
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsIn pencil in two positions on inside of rim and head are matching marks, possibly for alignment of head and rim.
ProvenanceBy 1976, property of a museum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; between 1976 and 1981, purchased by a friend for, and later sent, to Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981), New York; 1981, by inheritance to her husband, Joseph R. Coolidge (1916-1999), New York; 1981, gift of Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1981)