Title on Photograph: BRONZE AGES SOUTHEAST ASIA, 500 BC - AD 100.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 90.
Comments on Subject: THE DISTRIBUTION OF DONG SON KETTLE DRUMS REVEALS A KEY ROLE FOR THE DONG SON SULTURE IN TRADE NETWORKS THAT WERE GRADUALLY EXPANDING TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. THE BRONZE DRUMS, EACH REQUIRING 1 TO 6 TONS OF COPPER ORE WERE MADE BY LOST-WAX CASTING AND WERE RICHLY DECORATED WTIH SCENES OF DAILY LIFE AND RITUAL.
