Detecting Dong Son bronze drum in Quang Ngai

Dong Son traditional bronze drum. (Photo: wikipedia) A resident discovered Dong Son bronze drum in Son Lang district. This is a proof that in the western Quang Ngai region there was interference between Sa Huynh culture and Dong Son culture.

While scrapping scrap metal, Nguyen Van Luan in Son Thanh commune, Son Ha district discovered a copper drum in the reservoir of Son Lang commune. The drum was buried in a depth of about 0.3 m, shattered by many pieces, the diameter of the drum was 44 cm wide, about 28 cm high.

The pattern on the blank surface is still clear, the middle part has a 12-star star shape, the middle knob is slightly protruding. Surrounding the star is a pattern tape consisting of vertical stripes, horizontal S pattern bands. At the edge of the edge of the drum surface there are 4 toad statues that rotate in an anticlockwise direction.

According to Dr. Doan Ngoc Khoi, expert of Quang Ngai General Museum, this is a type 1 Dong Son drum. Sa Huynh and Dong Son culture.