â–¡ A DOUBLE HEADED FRAME DRUM (LAG-NGA), TIBET OR TIBETAN DIASPORA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

the bulging carved and painted wood body decorated with the auspicious Buddhist symbols, the heads of stretched hide, the carved and painted wood handle with lotus designs in relief with vajra finial, fitting into a socket in the body, together with associated beater 122cm long; 47cm diam. of head

For an illustration of a Tibetan monk playing a similar ritual drum, see Ivan Vandor, 'Bouddisme Tibetain: Les Traditions Musicales', Paris 1976, pl.21. For further information on this type of drum, see Daniel A. Scheidegger, 'Tibetan Ritual Music: A General Survey with Special Reference to the Mindroling Tradition', Rikon 1988, pp.35-36.