Rain Drum With Frogs. Cast Bronze. Wooden Stand. Small. 7”diameter. for Sale

Rain Drum With Frogs. Cast Bronze. Wooden Stand. Small. 7”diameter. For Sale

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Rain Drum With Frogs. Cast Bronze. Wooden Stand. Small. 7”diameter.:
$425.00

Small RainDrum on Rosewood Stand.

Cast Bronze.

8” x 6.75” x 5” tall

Hollow bronze drum, tapers downwards, with handles on each side. The top, called a “tympanum,” has concentric rings and patterns around a central star design, and four decorative frogs around the edges. Loop handles at either side.

The rain drum has been widely integrated into various cultures as a symbol of fertility, one of which is that of the Karen people or Myanmar (formerly Burma) and northern Thailand, bordering China. The Karens hold it as one of their most sacred ritual artifacts, used to please the “nats,” or spirits that live within trees and water. Among them, ownership of a rain drum brought great status. These drums have often been decorated with frogs, symbolizing rainfall. Rain drums are actually named as such because of the sound they make when struck with rain from the many monsoons that occur in southeastern Asia.

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