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Description: | A register of Frederick Horniman's collection drawn up in 1898 lists this drum, and states that it was used for beating the bounds of Exeter. It was formerly in the collection of Exeter Museum. A handwritten inscription on inside of body reads: 'E M/1190/20/Reg', perhaps an old (Exeter) museum number. Chemical analysis of the surface pigments shows that the body was originally chrome yellow and that the bottom counterhoop was vermilion.
Military side drum, double membrane drum. Upper membrane (batter head) almost completely missing and lower membrane (snare head) spilt along snare. Hide skins. Edges wound round flesh hoops, which are held in place by wider wooden counterhoops, protruding above the membranes. Each counterhoop has ten round holes for the cord rope. One hole on lower hoop is doubled, making eleven. Counterhoops joined into circular shape with overlapping joints secured with iron nails. Snare consists of five cords of wound gut, wedged between flesh hoop and counterhoop. Cord rope is of vegetable fibre and each 'V' probably had a leather tug ear attached, now only eight remain. The end of the cord is formed into a knotted band. The drum also has a leather strap with a metal buckle (not shown in photograph). The body is of thin wood reinforced with thicker wooden hoops lining each end. An arrangement of metal rivets decorates one side of the body and has a circular air hole as the central point of the design. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | 211.212.11 Individual double-skin cylindrical drums wood hide drums (membranophones) one skin used for playing vegetable fibre drums leather cylindrical drums | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-14119 |
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