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Bronze drum with bird and geometric decoration
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Description
Elaborately incised drums of varying sizes are the most widely dispersed Dongson Culture artefacts. They are found in many parts of Southeast Asia as well as South China. Clearly objects of great social importance, they may have been used in warfare or in funerary rites and other ceremonies.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia › Sumatra (place of creation)
- Date
- 2nd century BC - 2nd century AD (200 BC - AD 200)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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29 cm (height)
at base 53 cm (diameter)
on top 42 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Alexander Goetz, 2000.
- Accession no.
- EA2000.38
Location
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- currently in research collection
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