Part of a set of Hindustani drums known as a Tabla; the daya (also known as a tabla, dahina, or dayan) is a single headed wooden drum which is played with the right hand, is is the smaller and higher pitched of the two drums. The body of this daya is made of wood with an orange-toned stain, it is hollow and cylindrical with a slight inward taper towards the head of the drum; there are two sets of decorative lines carved around the body, near the top and bottom; at the bottom of the body is a protruding circular base on which the drum sits. The head of the drum is made from an unknown animal hide with a circle of black tuning paste in the center; the head is stretched over the body with leather strips, which are woven through holes around the edge of the drum face, more leather strips loop through the woven strips at the top and another ring around the bottom of the drum's body, holding the face tight. These leather straps also hold in place 8 wooden cylinders, known as gatta, around the body of the drum, about two thirds of the way down, these gatta can be moved to adjust the tuning of the drum; each gatta is held by 4 leather strips. There is a black and silver metal plate nailed into the body of the drum just below the head, text appears to be written in Hindi but has not been translated.