Drum and drumstick

Museum number:
2-66139a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3445
Description:
a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.
Donor:
Betty Ann Gruberg
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
George M. Firestone
Collection date:
1927-1933
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works), Drums (membranophones), and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 36.5 centimeters, a)— height 10 centimeters, and b)— length 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-66139a,b, described as a) Drum. Single head, rawhide over wood hoop frame. Strips of dyed red and blue cotton cloth laced around eges, short strips of of same cloth are tied to framework of the underside; blue glass crow beads on three strips. b) Carved wood drumstick.

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