Drum and drumsticks; (a) box drum, square double-headed deerskin drum with heavy twine cordage; wood frame; W 17.5 cm; (b) drumstick of hardwood ("sapote") with twine cordage loop; L 19.8 cm.
Donor:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection place:
San Pedro Petlacotla, Puebla, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Puebla; Petlacatla; Totonac
Collector:
John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
April 18, 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
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
H-12-6
Loans:
S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975), S1976-1977 #82: University of Oregon/John Barr Tompkins (May 23, 1977–June 6, 1977), and S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)