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phragms of parchment, secured in the following- manner : — the 

 edge of the parchment is gripped between two strips of split 

 rattan encircling the drum, these gripping bands are given a half- 

 turn up, a continuous loop of split rattan is laced through holes in 

 the double fold of parchment (formed b} r turning up the gripping 

 bands) and passes to the other end of the drum to be similarly 

 laced through holes in the diaphragm there ; the adjacent limbs 

 of the loops are braced together by bands of .plaited rattan 

 (Plate VIII fig. 15). A small square hole is cut in the side of 

 the drum to increase the resonance and a string sling passes 

 through holes above and below this. Height 53 cm.; diam. at one 

 end 22 cm. ; diam. at the other 20 cm. 



Catalogue No. 1227. [Pd. 29. 1. 031. 



4. Malay — Gendang rebana. (Plate IV fig. II right hand 

 specimen.) 



Bowl-shaped drum of mirabou wood, the top is closed by 

 a diaphragm of sheep's skin, the bottom is open. Into the rim 

 of the bottom are driven ten square wooden pegs, their free ends 

 rest on and press against a circle of rattan round which pass 

 the rattan loops that secure the diaphragm ; the chief function 

 of this rattan circle and pegs is to act as an insulator, raising 

 the drum from the ground and so increasing its resonance. The 

 diaphragm is secured in the same way as shewn in Plate VII. fig. 

 1. except that the descending loops of rattan are in ten groups of 

 four or five loops, any one group being widely separated from 

 that on either side of it ; there are ten such groups and 

 they correspond with the ten wooden pegs in the bottom rim of 

 the drum ; further, the edge of the diaphragm is doubled back to 

 cover the rattan lacing and this is kept in position by a single 

 encircling rattan laced through it. 



Immediately before use the diaphragm is tightened by 

 pushing between it and the upper rim of the dram from the 

 inside a circle of thick unsplit rattan, known as the sidak ; when 

 the drum is not in use the sidak is kept coiled up inside the drum. 



Height 18 cm.; diam. at top, 44*5 cm.; diam. at bottom 24-8 cm. 



Catalogue No. 124G. [Pd. 28. 1. 03]. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



