Ref ID:	30440
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Pham Minh Huyen,
Title:	A typological study of bronze drums in the Ha Giang Museum
Date:	2005
Source:	Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Notes:	Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Taipei, Taiwan 9 to 15 September 2002
Abstract:	Large numbers of bronze drums are housed in Vietnamese museums where they attest to the technical competence and artistic achievements of early Metal Age groups in Vietnam. The greatest number of Southeast Asian bronze drums in Vietnam is housed in the National History Museum in Hanoi (see Pham Huy Thong et al. 1990). In Ha Giang Province, bronze drums are still important items of material culture, kept as family heirlooms by local villagers. Ha Giang Province is one of the northernmost mountain provinces of Vietnam, bordered by Yunnam in the north. The province is marked by considerable ethnic diversity with more than 20 different ethnic groups represented. This paper discusses the distribution of bronze drums in Ha Giang Province and the results of a recent typological study of an assemblage of bronze drums in the Ha Giang Museum.
Date Created:	11/29/2005
Volume:	25
Page Start:	129
Page End:	131