Morocco
Moroccan

Glazed ceramic, polychrome pigment, animal skin
Mid 20th century
 Length: 11.5 in; Diameter: 5.15 in (at head)
Membranophone – Struck (Directly) – Single Headed

This shoulder drum called tara’ij has a goatskin head and a glazed body with colorful designs. In some areas, tara’ij are traditionally given to children at the holiday of Aashura, a major (Islamic) religious commemoration of the martyrdom at Karbala of Hussein. Boy’s drums have plain baked-clay tubes and girl’s drums are painted in brightly colored patterns as shown in this drum.