M0018293: Two wooden drums

Previous title, replaced October 2020: A drum, possibly Hausa, Africa

Previous title, replaced October 2020: A drum, possibly Burmese

Photograph of two wooden drums. The first is hourglass shaped and thought to be Indian. It was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem in 1930 and given accession number A172011. The other is egg cup shaped and thought to be from Central India or Myanmar. It was purchased at auction by the Museum in 1931 and given accession number A171072. Both drums were transferred to the Fowler Musuem, University of California, Los Angeles in 1966

October 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index cards for the items: A172011 and A171072

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.