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Drum

CultureChinese
DateHan dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 20 inches (29.21 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-137/2
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DescriptionDrum with a series of geometric borders around the top and circular of small beads on the bottom. Loops attached to the sides.
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overall
206 B.C.E.
31-137/4
overall
Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.)
31-137/3
overall
Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.E-9 C.E.)
31-137/1
recto overall
Shang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
32-68/8 A,B
overall
220 B.C.E.
31-130/14
Hanging Lamp
ca. 1900
2006.8.A-M
Combat Between the Bear and Tiger
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
35-7
Emblem of the Leopard Society
early-mid-20th century
2005.36.A-D
figure overall
Northern Wei dynasty (386-534 C.E.)
32-186/1
figure overall
520 C.E.
32-186/4