(a) Drum, double headed type, (b) drumstick. (a) Orange painted wood frame with buckskin heads, buckskin lacing, laced handle with red and white feathers. 1 side with polychrome thunderbird motif, words "thunder-bird happiness" written below bird, "made by Lone Bird" written on other side. (b) Drumstick, one end padded, covered with leather, wrapped with yarn.
Donor:
Mrs. Dale Parks and Mrs. Stanley Curry
Collection place:
Taos, Taos County, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Taos
Maker or artist:
Lone Bird
Collector:
H. E. Parks and Mrs. H. E. Parks
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
May 1970
Context of use:
Possibly souvenir type.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 34 centimeters and (a)— diameter 39.5 centimeters