Live Auction 8524Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A SUDANESE COPPER DRUM
Lot 33

A SUDANESE COPPER DRUM

CIRCA 1870

Closed26 March 2013

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GBP 4,750

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A SUDANESE COPPER DRUM
CIRCA 1870
Of semi-spherical form, the hide membrane retained with wooden pegs, the beaten body with an inscription to the side on a carved mahogany tripod stand with stylised cloven feet
37 in. (94 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

The inscription translates as Malik al-Said Muhammad Ahmad al-sheikh Idris 1302, 1302 equates to about 1884/5 AD.

The drum by repute captured in a punitive raid mounted by Lord Kitchener to avenge the murder and defeat of Gordon of Khartoum by the Mahdi in January 1885.