Drum and beater

Museum number:
2-61614a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210261614a@2cb
Alternate number:
3352 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3352
Description:
a) Hoop drum with wood hoop, gut head and caribou antler handle. b) Tapered wood beater with longitudinal grooves. Made from wood, gut, caribou antler, cotton twine (to affix head to hoop), sinew (to affix handle to hoop). It is assumed that the beater belongs to the drum. There was no documentation. Sinew used to affix handle to hoop.
Donor:
Mrs. Elliot Castello
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Dene Denny
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Percussion beaters
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
b)— length 53 centimeters and a)— 37.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and beater, accession number 2-61614a,b, described as a) Hoop drum with wood hoop, gut head and caribou antler handle. b) Tapered wood beater with longitudinal grooves. Made from wood, gut, caribou antler, cotton twine (to affix head to hoop), sinew (to affix handle to hoop). It is assumed that the beater belongs to the drum. There was no documentation. Sinew used to affix handle to hoop.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and beater, accession number 2-61614a,b, described as a) Hoop drum with wood hoop, gut head and caribou antler handle. b) Tapered wood beater with longitudinal grooves. Made from wood, gut, caribou antler, cotton twine (to affix head to hoop), sinew (to affix handle to hoop). It is assumed that the beater belongs to the drum. There was no documentation. Sinew used to affix handle to hoop.

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