Mokugyo Drum

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Mokugyo Drum
Mokugyo Drum
Date20th century
MediumWood with paint and lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.31
On view
DescriptionWooden drum called a Mokugyo, with flowers and a handle made up of two creatures (likely fish). Chanting bell used in Zen Buddhist temples and monastaries in Japan during meditation.

Additional Details

Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, hide and braided cord
Object number: 1996.15.43
Dril-Bu and Dorje
Date: Likely 20th century
Medium: Metal
Object number: U 4.2010
Pre-conservation
Date: before 1850
Medium: Wood and spruce root
Object number: 1984.468
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Polynesian
Date: after 1770
Medium: Ironwood, also known as toa wood (casuarina equisetifolia or she-oak)
Object number: 2023.10.28
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1825-50
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Raven dance rattle
Date: 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.472
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: c. 1850-75
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.471
Oystercatcher dance rattle
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.473
Photograph by Dave Revette
Date: c. 1850-1900
Medium: Wood
Object number: 1984.469
Mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and metal
Object number: INV.679
Bonu Amwin mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood and pigment
Object number: INV.680
Mask
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood
Object number: INV.681