Tbilat

Description

Tbilat or kettledrum consisting of a pair of drums of buff earthenware painted with a repeated design in blue over a white tin glaze: Morocco, Fez, 20th century

Museum reference

A.1980.297

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tbilat, Kettledrum

Production information

Fez, Morocco, Northern Africa

Date

20th century

Materials

Earthenware

Physical description

Buff earthenware painted with a repeated design in blue over a white tin glaze

Exhibitions

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

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

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