1914-1918 CEF Infantry Battalion Band Drum

Object/Artifact

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Royal Canadian Military Institute

Name/Title

1914-1918 CEF Infantry Battalion Band Drum

Entry/Object ID

2024.24.2

Description

1914-1918 Canadian Expeditionary Force Infantry Battalion brass rope tension band drum. Shell is made of brass and the batter head is made of a mammal skin. Eight strands of thin brown rope are pulled across the diameter of the top skin. Painted wood bandings on the top and bottom in red, black, and beige paint. Tension ropes are beige with leather tensions painted white. The two rope handles are braided in a single rope braid (71 cm and 83 cm long). Part of a set with two drumsticks.

Made/Created

Manufacturer

London Pipe Co

Date made

1914 - 1918

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Bottom of drum

Transcription

"EVANS ALL WEATHER PAT. PEN. Orchestra"

Type

Engraving

Location

On brass body

Transcription

"LONDON PIPE CO [illegible]"

Type

Signature

Location

On skin on the top of the drum

Transcription

"H. Lose[...]"

Material/Technique

Pencil

Type

Signature

Location

On skin on top of the drum

Transcription

"LT Fumfre"

Dimensions

Height

35.5 cm

Diameter

37 cm