Drum

A drums made from a single piece of wood and with one end covered with pigskin.This long, slender barrelled wooden drum was played with the hands and beaten next to gongs and other improvised percussion instruments, like stones, sticks, and metal parts - provided the rhythmic support for various dances (Worcester 1906: 849). A drum was a precious instrument only found in the dwellings of more prestigious families (Meyer and Schadenberg 1890: 16). (Oliver Moiseanu 2009: 86)

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Identifier

MVW29539

Origin

Northern Luzon, Gran Cordillera, Benguet, Lepanto

Materials

Wood, leather, rattan

Physical Dimensions

98 x 18 cm

Provenance

Schadenberg; before 1887 Alexander Schadenberg (1851-1896) was a chemist and ethnographer, and a natural history enthusiast. Born in Breslau, Germany, he studied chemistry and botany. After receiving his Ph.D., he worked as the assistant director of the Potassic Salt Works in Stassfurt. In 1876, he went to worked as a chemist for the drug company Pablo Sartorius in Manila and in 1879, illness forced him to move back to Breslau. From 1881 to 1883, Schadenberg and his friend Otto Koch visited southern Mindanao to carry out ethnographic and linguistic studies, basing themselves in the Bagobo village of Sibulan. There, they also made ethnographic and natural history collections. Upon their return to Germany Schadenberg spent several years working on his collections, publishing, lecturing and corresponding with museums and anthropological societies throughout Europe. Schadenberg later returned to the Philippines and became a partner of Pablo Sartorius. He settled with his family in Vigan in 1885 and continued his excursions among the native people of the islands. After Schadenberg's death in 1896, his collections passed to several museums in Dresden, Vienna, Berlin, and Leiden.

Acquisition Date

before 1887

Short description

Drums made from a single piece of wood and with one end covered with pigskin were common in BenguetLepanto, but not known in the neighboring Bontoc regions. They sounded throughout the hills of Benguet-Lepanto in times of mourning or of danger, and especially during times of feasting. (Oliver Moiseanu 2009: 86)

Display status

Not on display

References

The Philippines: Museum of Ethnology, Vienna : Early Collections. Vienna: Museum für Volkerkünde, 2009. Print.

MEYER, A. B., & SCHADENBERG, A. (1890). Die Philippinen: I. Nord-Luzon ; Tingianen, Bánaos, Ginaanen, Silípanen, Apoyáos, Kianganen, Igorroten, Irayas und Ilocanen ; Mit 18 Taf. ... und 5 Holzschnitten. Dresden, Stengel & Markert.

Worcester, Dean C. 1906. The Non-Christian Tribes of Northern Luzon. Philippine Journal of Science 1(8) 791-875

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https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/

Collection

Vienna Museum of Ethnology

Source

Translated from German by Google Translate Record accessed March 2021

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“Drum,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 18, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/6075.

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