Name of Object:

Drums

Name in original language:

Tamburi

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography “Luigi Pigorini”

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”

Date of Object:

19th century

Author:

Unknown

Inventory Number:

inv. 48039; inv. 48042

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Polychrome majolica; goat skin

Dimensions:

Upper diameter 12 cm; lower diameter 10 cm; height 28 cm

Provenance:

Morocco

Description:

The two drums are part of the flourishing tradition of enamelled ceramic in Fez, in production since the Middle Ages. Cobalt blue and white decorations identify Fez products dating to the second half of the 19th century. The drums belong to the ethnographic collections of the Pigorini Museum founded between the 19th and the 20th century. The origins of scientific activity and conservation of Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" in Rome, can be traced back to the foundation in 1875 of the "Royal National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography in Rome" within the buildings of the Roman College.

Type of Object

Musical instrument

Citation of this web page:

Vito Lattanzi, Marina Minozzi "Drums" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;240;en

Prepared by: Vito Lattanzi, Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 099