This drum face is decorated with a 12 pointed star at the centre, surrounded by concentric decorative bands. These include a band with motifs of men wearing feather headdresses and water-birds. These and the four frogs indicate the drum that was used for rituals associated with calling for rain and good harvests. The drum is a classic example found in Dong Son culture burials, with many other types of ritual bronze objects in the Red River Delta region. The sophisticated lost wax and other bronze-casting technologies that were used, suggest that Dong Son society was advanced enough to have specialists who would have worked full-time in this field. The effects of this were to be seen in the spread of bronze goods and technology throughout the Southeast Asian region.
