Drum

Museum number:
2-4769
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004769
Alternate number:
x-1165 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Tambourine type drum. Thick head, hoop frame, rawhide handhold on underside. Skin mounted and nailed on a circular wooden frame; on the back a string made of a vegetable fiber.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tambourines
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
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
music
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 46.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4769, described as Tambourine type drum. Thick head, hoop frame, rawhide handhold on underside. Skin mounted and nailed on a circular wooden frame; on the back a string made of a vegetable fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4769, described as Tambourine type drum. Thick head, hoop frame, rawhide handhold on underside. Skin mounted and nailed on a circular wooden frame; on the back a string made of a vegetable fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4769, described as Tambourine type drum. Thick head, hoop frame, rawhide handhold on underside. Skin mounted and nailed on a circular wooden frame; on the back a string made of a vegetable fiber.

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