Child's toy mechanical drum. In the form of a two-wheel cart. The axels of the wheels activates the drum sticks. Drum vessel and wheels are of pottery.

Collection type: Object
Description: Child's toy mechanical drum. In the form of a two-wheel cart. The axels of the wheels activates the drum sticks. Drum vessel and wheels are of pottery.
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Pakistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan; Bangladesh
Asia > Southern Asia > Bangladesh
Person: Field collector Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare; PRM source Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1893
Date collected: By 1893
Acquisition information: Donated: 11/1893
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Wood Plant, Process Fire-Hardened, Process Carpentered
Dimensions: Length: max 275 mm, Diameter 111 mm drums, Width 130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1893.55.1
Associated publications: This object was featured in the Museum’s ‘web gallery’ (‘Selected Objects from the Lower Gallery’) produced during the DCF-funded ‘What’s Upstairs?’ project, 2004–2006, with the following caption: 'Mechanical drum toys, like this one in the form of a two-wheeled cart, are common in India. When the cart is pulled along, the small square-shaped pieces of wood mounted on the wheels’ axle flick the ends of the drumsticks, causing them to beat the drum. The toy is made of pottery, wood, and animal hide.