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Native Music - The Tom Tom
Native Music - The Tom Tom
Native Music - The Tom Tom

Native Music - The Tom Tom

Date1904
Object NamePostcard
Mediumcard
ClassificationsDomestic
DimensionsOverall (Height x Width): 89 × 138mm
AcquisitionPresented in 2022 by Eric and Joy Crockart.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS095670.28
About MePrinted black and white subject card showing three women sat around a drum in a studio against a foliage backdrop. The backdrop is blurred and the studio contains foliage plants and a wooden fence. The women are seated on the floor or on thin mats and all have their hands on the large shallow circular drum in the centre. They all wear their hair tied back on the back of their hands and wear pale or white blouses with long sleeves and trousers or skirts to their ankles (it is difficult to tell from the angle) and are barefoot. Each appears to wear a necklace and earrings.

Printed inscription: Native Music - The Tom Tom

Address side.
Printed Inscription: UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE // CEYLON (CEYLAN) // POSTCARD // THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE

Addressed to: Miss Ina Matheson, 5 Skene Place, Aberdeen Scotland

Postmark: TUTICORIN 12 NO 04 9 A.M
Also stamped "PAQUEBOT"

Stamp: Red Ceylon Postage Six Cents

Part of album and a large collection of postcards belonging to Georgina Matheson, also known as Ina (1877-1967).