211.11 Separate vessel drums

Rebana mangkok, conical drum, closed, with single membrane. Attached to carrying stick with vegetable material. With beater M10a-1980.

This instrument was purchased by Jean Jenkins, the Horniman Museum's first curator of musical instruments, in 1973, in a village near Kuala Kerai, Kelatan State. While she was in Malaysia she made a collection of musical instruments and shadow puppets.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
M10-1980
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 185 x 360 x 225 mm; tuning wedges: 360 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
ceramic; wood; hide; cane/rattan; textile; paint; textile; rubber; FI
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
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