Visually striking drum composed of Afghan-Pakistani goatskin, plaster, vegetable dye, wire and sling fitted around a WWII artillery shell. Scattered cracks, wear and losses. Deaccessioned from the Northern California Art Museum, this is an extraordinary musical relic, a sort of metaphor given physical form. Height 17.5 inches; 44.5 cm.
Visually striking drum composed of Afghan-Pakistani goatskin, plaster, vegetable dye, wire and sling fitted around a WWII artillery shell. Scattered cracks, wear and losses. Deaccessioned from the Northern California Art Museum, this is an extraordinary musical relic, a sort of metaphor given physical form. Height 17.5 inches; 44.5 cm.