Objekt 5
Rope-tensioned Drum
Description
The rope-tensioned drum dating from 1575 is four years younger than the earliest example from 1571; it is perfectly preserved and has not been shortened.
Object description
Maker unknown
Basel, 1575, dated
Two basilisks, each with a shield bearing facing Basel crosiers (painting, shell) Wood, painted; skin; hemp rope; leather; gut snare; iron rope in eight courses, with iron hooks hooked onto the hoop; double gut snare; seven soundholes
H. 64 cm; 0 51 cm(skin)
Donation Kantonales Zeughaus, Basel
lnv.-no. 1874.120.