Drum stick

Museum number:
2-45429
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
154 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4296
Description:
Head of padded leather, gathered and attached to wood handle with sinew and cord; handle dyed dark red-brown, remnants of leather and sinew wrapping at end.
Donor:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Plains and Prairie tribes
Collector:
Georgia Ann Scott
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 38 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum stick, accession number 2-45429, described as Head of padded leather, gathered and attached to wood handle with sinew and cord; handle dyed dark red-brown, remnants of leather and sinew wrapping at end.

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