Toca Batá Drum: Museum Object and Cultural History
Toca Batá Drum: Date made: ca 1999. maker: Latin Percussion. Object Name: drum.
The object in the museum catalogue
This drum was made by Toca Percussion in the United States, about 1999, and distributed by KMC Music (Kamen Music Corporation). It is a Rumba Timba Bata Drum, made of red-lacquered oak, with chrome-plated tensioning hardware. The drum is marked:
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: ca 1999
- maker: Latin Percussion
- Object Name: drum
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: animal skin (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 34 cm x 57.5 cm; 13 3/8 in x 22 5/8 in
- Measurements: overall: 24 7/8 in x 15 in; 63.1825 cm x 38.1 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 2000.3039.10
- nonaccession number: 2000.3039
- catalog number: 2000.3039.10
- Credit Line: Transfer from Smithsonian Institution Center for Latino Initiatives (through: Dr.Refugio l. Rochin,Director)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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