Accession No

1977.454 B


Description

Drum. Double hour-glass shaped drum, with membrane, cord bracing and tension hoops. A wooden model of a Korean "changgo"


Place

Asia; East Asia; South Korea; Seoul


Period


Source

Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (Dr) [vendor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1977.454 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Plastic; Cotton


Local Term

Changgo


Measurements

68mm x 40mm x 168mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Picken, Dr L.E.R in 1972
Event Date 1972
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Card Catalogue Entry: A: double-skin frame drum ("sogo"), with wooden handle and cord bracing. Heads painted with "triple yin-yang" pattern in the three primary colours. Wooden beater. Used in farmer' s dance. B: double hourglass shaped drum, with membrane, cord bracing and tension hoops. A wooden model of a Korean "changgo"
Event Date 1977
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Auction / Sale)
The Picken Collection was purchased from Dr Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken in 1977 by the University of Cambridge, with grants from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Evans fund and the Crowther-Beynon fund. As documented in the Picken Collection Borrowing Ledger, W/16/1, the collection was used extensively for external teaching activities within the University of Cambridge from March 1977 until May 1990. Two boxes with documentation concerning the Picken collection are located in the MAA archives.
Event Date 29/6/2017
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Drum. Double hourglass shaped drum, with membrane, cord bracing and tension hoops. The string is synthetic, in red, yellow, pink and blue. A wooden model of a Korean "changgo"
Event Date 22/5/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Found together / assemblage)
'This item was stored with a number of items from 'Picken Box 71, Korea', which included a number of items of varying mixed media, including plastic musical instruments, brass bells and percussion instruments. Some have been moved to boxes of similar type objects and some have been kept together'.
Event Date 22/5/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:284191

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