A double-headed drum used in Carnatic music and to accompany dancing. Barrel drum ( mridangam), southern India, early 20th century. The bayan is roughly an octave lower in pitch than the dayan. While the dayan (NMM 1188, above) is played by lightly touching different points on the head to produce different pitches, notes on the bayan are created by using differing pressure and placement of the hand on its head. Copper, bowl-shaped body with an animal skin head attached with cord lacing. Drum ( bayan), northern India, late 19th century. Smith, "Percussion Instruments in America's Shrine to Music Museum," Percussive Notes, Vol. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. Thesis, University of South Dakota, May 1983, p. Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, M.M. Larson, editor (Vermillion: The Shrine to Music Museum, 1982), p.
Cross, Instruments of Burma, India, Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, The Shrine to Music Museum Catalog of the Collections, Vol. White (a missionary in Manamadura, South India, during W.W. Played as a set with NMM 1189 (below), the tabla (a term referring to the set) provides the main rhythmic accompaniment for North Indian (Hindustani) classical music, Indian film music, folk, and devotional music in India, Pakistan, and other areas in Southeast Asia. Traditionally, a paste made of water, flour, soot, iron dust, and other materials (a rubber pad is a contemporary substitute) is applied to the head to focus the sound, allowing for a variety of pitches and tones in the hands of a skilled player. Cylindrical wood body with an animal-skin head attached with rawhide lacing. Drum ( tabla/dayan), northern India, late 19th century. Click here for their selection of maps of India. Looking for a map? Link to the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin for an excellent collection of historic and current worldwide maps. Zither Link to Checklist of Musical Instruments from India in the NMM's Study-Storage Collections Annotated Checklist of Musical Instruments From India
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