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Evolution of southeast Asian kettle-drums

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dirk H.R. Spennemann
Dirk H.R. Spennemann*
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Abstract

As any parent knows, a metal saucepan turned upside down makes an admirable drum. This simple observation has implications for the evolution of one of the more splendid kinds of ancient bronze artefact.

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Antiquity , Volume 61 , Issue 231 , March 1987 , pp. 71 - 75
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1987

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