Drum and drumstick

Museum number:
2-16732a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.770
Description:
a) Drum has wood handle and hoop with gut head attached with commercial cotton string. b) Wood drumstick.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island; Mekoryuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1940
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Belonged to 13 year old boy.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— 45 inches and b)— length 40.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973) and S1987-1988 #23: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (1987–July 13, 1988)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-16732a,b, described as a) Drum has wood handle and hoop with gut head attached with commercial cotton string. b) Wood drumstick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-16732a,b, described as a) Drum has wood handle and hoop with gut head attached with commercial cotton string. b) Wood drumstick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-16732a,b, described as a) Drum has wood handle and hoop with gut head attached with commercial cotton string. b) Wood drumstick.

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