Drum and drumstick; (a) double-headed drum, deerskin and "ocote" (pine); deerskin laced onto 2 wire hoops then forced over cylindrical body; twine cordage; H 16.5 cm, Diam head 13.8 cm; (b) hardwood drumstick with cord loop; encircling incised bands at distal end; L 26.2 cm
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
Huehuetlilla, Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Puebla; Huehuetlilla; Otomi
Collector:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
April 4, 1939
Materials:
Deerskin 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:
1974
Context of use:
Played with flute 3-26956
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
H-12-6
Loans:
S1976-1977 #82: University of Oregon/John Barr Tompkins (May 23, 1977–June 6, 1977)