Drum

Museum number:
2-2968
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
With hoop frame, carved wood handle, bladderskin (?) head with sinew binding.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
37.2 centimeters and 64.7 inches
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-2968, described as With hoop frame, carved wood handle, bladderskin (?) head with sinew binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-2968, described as With hoop frame, carved wood handle, bladderskin (?) head with sinew binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-2968, described as With hoop frame, carved wood handle, bladderskin (?) head with sinew binding.

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