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Hand Drum   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Tibet)Unknown author
Title	Hand Drum
Description	English: Sound is essential for Tibetan liturgy and ritual, and the damaru is one important source. Held by the right hand, it symbolizes the means (compassion) while the bell in the left hand symbolizes wisdom. The drum is therefore male, and the bell female. The two faces of the damaru also continue this sexual symbology, for they are sometmes formed with the skulls of adolescent males and females and, as Beer writes, "sounding together in sexual union symbolizes the union of relative and absolute "bodhichitta" [mind of enlightenment]" (Beer 1999, pp. 258). The drum is also sounded to chase away malefactors as well as to summon the helpful spirits to participate in rituals and feasts. It should be noted that the drum is an important implement in shamanistic rites as well. This particular example has all of its various elements intact. The sides of the faces are enlivened with graphically painted heads and skulls, while the long, impressive valance of five-colored silks with its side tassels adds a festive touch.
Date	18th century date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (?)
Medium	mixed media
Dimensions	97.1 × 16.1 cm (38.2 × 6.3 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	73.144
Place of creation	Tibet
Object history	John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 2002: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history	Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque. 2001-2003.
Credit line	gift of John and Berthe Ford, 2002
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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