The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Painted Drum
500–1000
Overall: 27 x 28 x 12 cm (10 5/8 x 11 x 4 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This painted drum may have been played by a woman in antiquity.Description
In the 1600s, music was so important to Indigenous Andean ceremonial life that Spaniards destroyed thousands of musical instruments to hasten Natives’ conversion to Christianity. The number of surviving, older instruments suggests that music had similar import in earlier periods. This rare example is painted with a figure wearing a crescent headdress, an emblem of status; it may have been played by a woman.- Before 1969-2005Adolph Brenner, Zurich, Switzerland, sold to Daniel Rifkin2005-2022Private Collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2022-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Ancient Andean Textiles (Gallery 232 rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 9, 2022-December 3, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.37