Tibetan One Sided Drum with Dorje Motif, Based
Product ID: A1108-025
$1,495.00
About this piece
A drum that keeps its thunder behind a golden thunderbolt.
Tibetan makers made this one-sided drum in leather and wood in Tibet in the 20th century. Drums are commonly used in Tibetan Buddhist ritual, and the dorje, or vajra, is a familiar emblem associated with indestructibility. A crossed double dorje is painted in gold on the dark, stretched skin, which is held to the frame by a ring of small studs. The surface is deeply darkened and the outline uneven with age.
About 22 inches tall as shown. Round, dark and quietly commanding.
