Product Description

Dongson Drum 2

Material: Bronze
Style: Alor
Size: Height 32.5 cm, diameter 38.5 cm, circumference 127 cm
Order Number: DD2

Background: Miniature Dongson drums, known as Mokos, remain the only acceptable currency for buying a bride in the eastern Indonesian island of Alor.

The widespread distribution of these drums in South-east Asia suggests trading networks yet to be fully understood and transfers of technology among cultures in the region that awaits to be fully researched.