<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">damarus</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>rattle drums</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>hourglass drums</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>damaru</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>dambarus</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>damrus</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ḍamaru</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Hourglass rattle drums of the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and Mongolia, having a body usually made of wood or metal (in Tibet often of human skulls), with two thin skins wrapped around wooden hoops tightened by V-lacings and a central crosslacing. Two cords knotted at the ends or with pellets of wood, clay, or other hard material threaded on their ends, are attached to the central lacing; the knots or pellets strike the drum heads when the drum is twirled. ]]></note></mads>