# shrovetuesday carnival folklore folkart dutchpainting reasonisanimpasse fool fools

Traditionally played on the Rommelpot, which appears in many 17thC Dutch genre paintings, was an earthenware pot with a bladder stretched over it. The friction drum is played by pushing & twirling a thick straw through membrane to create a hollow 'foolish' sound.

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2022-03-02

Jan Steen
1660–1662
Oil on panel.
Seeing this painting at Manchester Art Gallery inspired me to make my own Rommel pots. .
https://t.co/kNd69VMpp3

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2019-03-23