Object class: Sculpture (visual works) / Culture or time period: Eskimo / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Drum

Museum number:: 2-2968
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: 64.7 inches and 37.2 centimeters
Collector:: H. H. Cushing
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1901

2. Drum

Museum number:: 2-1611
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: 61 centimeters and 74.5 inches
Collector:: Charles L. Hall
Collection place:: Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Collection date:: ca. 1895
Taxon:: Odobenus rosmarus

3. Drum beater

Museum number:: 2-1654
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Percussion beaters
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 13 centimeters
Collector:: Charles L. Hall
Collection place:: Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Collection date:: ca. 1895

4. Drum frame

Museum number:: 2-6486
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: 21.5 centimeters and 36 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898
Taxon:: Odobenus rosmarus

5. Spirit figure

Museum number:: 2-4606
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies and 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 44 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Collection date:: 1898

6. String instrument

Museum number:: 2-57692
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Banjos and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 35.2 centimeters
Collector:: Alaska Commercial Company
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1867-1897