Vintage tin drum with maypole or ribbon dance in variegated colours

Vintage tin drum with maypole or ribbon dance in variegated colours. 

• Manufacturer: ...
• Date of manufacture: 1950 - 1960​

Description
Rectangular tin fitted with a hinged lid. The decoration of this tin consists of a yellow background. The lid is finished all round with the Dutch tricolour in red, white and blue. On the lid a drawing of an exuberant party with a so-called ribbon dance or maypole , in which a group of people in traditional costumes dance various coloured ribbons around a pole.

Performed in various bright colours and decorated with flags, streamers, coats of arms and confetti dots. Golden interior.

Condition
This tin is in an original vintage condition with various traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Size

• Height: 7 cm.
• Length: 19.5 cm.
• Width: 11.5 cm.

Maypole
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.

The festivals may occur on May Day (May 1) or Pentecost (Whitsun), although in some countries it is instead erected at Midsummer. In some cases, the maypole is a permanent feature that is only utilised during the festival, although in other cases it is erected specifically for the purpose before being taken down again.

Primarily found within the nations of Germanic Europe and the neighbouring areas which they have influenced, its origins remain unknown. It has often been speculated that the maypole originally had some importance in the Germanic paganism of Iron Age and early Medieval cultures, and that the tradition survived Christianisation, albeit losing any original meaning that it had; however, more recent scholarship has found that the custom of the maypole arose in the context of medieval Christian Europe. It has been a recorded practice in many parts of Europe throughout the Medieval and Early Modern periods, although it became less popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, the tradition is still observed in some parts of Europe and among European communities in the Americas.

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