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.
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Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, hide and braided cord
Object number: 1996.15.43
Dril-Bu and Dorje
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Pre-conservation
Date: before 1850
Medium: Wood and spruce root
Object number: 1984.468
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
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Alabaster and stamped bread
Object number: 1943.19
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, copper alloy
Object number: 2023.10.52
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Animal remains wrapped with linen and mummification material
Object number: INV.625
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: early 7th-10th century
Medium: Limestone
Object number: 1991.234
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. 1500-1510
Medium: Limewood with polychrome and gilding
Object number: 2009.6