Beater, drum

Description

Drum beater of wood, wrapped in red nylon with green and yellow decoration at one end, used with a jeongak jango (hourglass drum) to lead the rhythm of ritualistic proceedings, part of the Korean Shaman Collection: Korea, 1960s

Museum reference

V.2006.227.2

Collection

Culture

Object name

Beater, drum

Production information

Korea, East Asia

Date

1960s

Style / Culture

Korean

Materials

Wood, Nylon

Associations

Korean Shaman Collection
National Folk Museum of Korea

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Mediating with Spirits: Shamans in Korea (12 Jan 2003)
  Royal Museum

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, performance and lives »
rw.1a

Credit

Given by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Korea