Angel with drums

Unknown


Item type:
architectural object
Date of creation:
early 16th century
Technique / Medium:
wood carving

    Item location

  • St. Andrew Church (Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England)
    Wooden figure on roof boss, 3

Description

Angel plays a pair of nakers with snare, one club-shaped beater on each.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Nakers [2893]

Bibliographic references

Montagu, Jeremy and Gwen Montagu. Minstrels & angels: Carvings of musicians in medieval English churches (Berkeley, Calif.: Fallen Leaf Press, 1998) 14, plate 31. ISBN 0914913409. RILM 1999-22611.

RIdIM record id

4160