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Barrel drum (taiko)
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin
Dimensions
Height 9.2 cm, diameter 19.7 cm (Height 3 5/8 in., diameter 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2148
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
InscriptionsIn ink on body: [several Japanese characters]
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)