Drum

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Drum

Entry/Object ID

GHS 234

Description

Drum, thirteen 1.25 inch strips of walnut bound by four brass bands; drum has equal diameter at each end but tapers toward the center (hour-glass shape).

Made/Created

Artist

Louis Bender

Date made

1870 - 1900

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Diameter

5-1/2 in

Material

Walnut, Brass

Provenance

Notes

Site and Relic Catalogue, pg. 27: "Piece of cooper (sic) work - small keg made by Louis Bender of Germantown Pioneer Corps." Object loaned by Mrs. Bender.