Military Drum: Museum Object and Cultural History
Military Drum: Date made: 1808-1817. Object Name: drum. Physical Description: metal (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
This drum was made by an unknown maker in Europe, around 1808-1817. It has a brass shell with a cast coat of arms with a crown and the initials “FWR,” and skin heads. The wood hoops are painted red and white and drilled with 10 holes each for rope which is laced through leather ears, used to tighten the hoops. The shell is stamped below the vent hole:
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1808-1817
- Object Name: drum
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- ID Number: 1980.0399.0027
- accession number: 1980.0399
- catalog number: 1980.0399.0027
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Bremner Hogg Jackson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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