Drum

Museum number:
2-68296
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Accession number:
Acc.4087
Description:
Tambourine type. Head made of gut mounted with metal nails onto circular wood frame, wood handle attached to frame with rawhide thong. Frame and handle stained dark brown.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tambourines
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 36 centimeters, 6.2 centimeters, and 15.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-68296, described as Tambourine type. Head made of gut mounted with metal nails onto circular wood frame, wood handle attached to frame with rawhide thong. Frame and handle stained dark brown.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-68296, described as Tambourine type. Head made of gut mounted with metal nails onto circular wood frame, wood handle attached to frame with rawhide thong. Frame and handle stained dark brown.

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