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Evolution of southeast Asian kettle-drums
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
As any parent knows, a metal saucepan turned upside down makes an admirable drum. This simple observation has implications for the evolution of one of the more splendid kinds of ancient bronze artefact.
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