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Double Tenor Steel Drum.
Double Instrument
Double Tenor Steel Drum.
Double Tenor Steel Drum.
Museum of International Folk Art, 1996. Studio photography by John Bigelow Taylor.
DepartmentLatin America

Double Instrument

NameDouble Instrument
Maker Lawrence and Kenneth Ross Mayer
Date1994
Place madePort of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad & Tobago, Caribbean
MediumMetal, wood, plastic
Dimensions6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm)
Object numberFA.1993.19.5V
Collections
Description8 pcs.: 2 drums, 4 sticks, 2 blk. naugahyde carrying bags. Shiny steel cut from 1/3 of an old oil barrel; hammered and turned to play music; polished to high shine. 2 sticks for each drum.
Band leader and drummer
Band leader and drummer
Artist Not Recorded
1980s
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Image Not Available for Iwisa (nobbed sparring stick)
Iwisa (nobbed sparring stick)
Artist Not Recorded
early to mid-twentieth century
Fiesta de San Juan
Fiesta de San Juan
Mario Calderon
1999
Drumming Demon
Drumming Demon
Musician Saint
Musician Saint
Ramon Antonio Moreno
ca. 1982
Baget (drum sticks)
Baget (drum sticks)
Mr. Tibia
1993
Musicians
Musicians
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1958
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Manuel Jimenez
CA 1965, STAFF
Chimbangalles de San Benito
Chimbangalles de San Benito
Mario Calderon
1999
STICK TOY
STICK TOY
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1958
"Have a Nice Day, Thank You for Shopping with Us" Kite
"Have a Nice Day, Thank You for Shopping with Us" Kite
Gabriel Remo Velez Iniguez
1992
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