A COLLECTION OF NEAR EASTERN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
North Africa and Near East, 20th century

Comprising two small portable drums, the first with high tinned copper base, the latter with leather base, each 19cm diam.; an open tambourine without the stretched leather cover, the outer circle decorated with coloured woods marquetry work, 30.5cm diam.; a large tambourine with coloured woods-inlaid zig-zag fretwork band around the edge, metal rings to the inner part to create further noise, 38.5cm diam.; and a wooden flute, 73.5cm long.

Provenance: The drum with copper base, Espace Tajan, Paris, 11 May 2005, part of lot 309.