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Damarus

Scope note

Hourglass rattle drums of the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and Mongolia, having a body usually made of wood or metal (in Tibet often of human skulls), with two thin skins wrapped around wooden hoops tightened by V-lacings and a central crosslacing. Two cords knotted at the ends or with pellets of wood, clay, or other hard material threaded on their ends, are attached to the central lacing; the knots or pellets strike the drum heads when the drum is twirled.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000224299

Broader Terms used

rattle drums

Term used for

dambarus
damrus

Equivalent Terms used

damaru

Created

12yrs ago

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