ottoman military drum

mavi1970 · 21st December 2010, 04:26 PM

Hi,
sorry havent gotten back to respond, Christmas and blizzards etc. The width of the drum is about 17 inches and the depth about 11, and the body is made from hand flattened metal, does not look copper. the sound from it is deep and amazing for the size of the drum. I actually did see the Mehter band perform a few times so seeing their drums compared to this one, left me doubting of its ottoman origin. But you never know. I had to have this, and the price i picked it up for, it well worth it.
so are still thinking its african?

David · 21st December 2010, 04:46 PM

I think i may have solved this mystery. Though there are many African drums with this shape i believe that this is a kettle drum from India called a nagara drum.
http://www.google.com/images?q=nagar...w=1440&bih=700
The problem arises because there is also a Turkish drum called a nagara which looks more like the regular parade drums. If you look through the image gallery you will see both.
So i vote that your drum is from India.

21st December 2010, 04:26 PM	#1
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	Hi, sorry havent gotten back to respond, Christmas and blizzards etc. The width of the drum is about 17 inches and the depth about 11, and the body is made from hand flattened metal, does not look copper. the sound from it is deep and amazing for the size of the drum. I actually did see the Mehter band perform a few times so seeing their drums compared to this one, left me doubting of its ottoman origin. But you never know. I had to have this, and the price i picked it up for, it well worth it. so are still thinking its african?

21st December 2010, 04:46 PM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,218	I think i may have solved this mystery. Though there are many African drums with this shape i believe that this is a kettle drum from India called a nagara drum. http://www.google.com/images?q=nagar...w=1440&bih=700 The problem arises because there is also a Turkish drum called a nagara which looks more like the regular parade drums. If you look through the image gallery you will see both. So i vote that your drum is from India.