Side drum, ca. 1840, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Wood with paint, rope, leather, skin, 18 × 17 in. (45.7 × 43.2 cm), Membranophone-double-headed / conical drum, Henry H. Prentiss (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1801–1860 Boston), The side drum was associated with the military, especially as a signal instrument for infantry troops, from at least the sixteenth century through the end of the nineteenth century. This large drum is eighteen inches in height with a seventeen inch diameter
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Side drum, ca, 1840, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Wood, paint, rope, leather, skin, 18, 17, 45.7, 43.2 cm, Membranophone-double-headed / conical, Henry H. Prentiss, Roxbury, 1801–1860, side, drum, associated, military, signal instrument, infantry troops, sixteenth century, nineteenth, large, eighteen inches, height, seventeen inch, diameter
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