Drum and drumstick

Museum number:
2-18817a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Drum (a) hide; brass-studded rim; pendants of buckskin and beads. Drumstick (b) padded head; handle beaded in blue/red/white/green; buckskin loop attached to drum and stick. Badly moth eaten.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Teton Dakota
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Context of use:
To accompany dancing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— diameter 33 centimeters and (b)— length 26.5 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: "UCLMA Plains Indians, 1971
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965), S1965-1966 #76: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (March 23, 1966–April 2, 1966), S1976-1977 #28: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (November 19, 1976–May 9, 1977), S1979-1980 #32: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (January 14, 1980–May 6, 1980), and S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-18817a,b, described as Drum (a) hide; brass-studded rim; pendants of buckskin and beads. Drumstick (b) padded head; handle beaded in blue/red/white/green; buckskin loop attached to drum and stick. Badly moth eaten.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumstick, accession number 2-18817a,b, described as Drum (a) hide; brass-studded rim; pendants of buckskin and beads. Drumstick (b) padded head; handle beaded in blue/red/white/green; buckskin loop attached to drum and stick. Badly moth eaten.

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