Drum handle

Museum number:
2-19211
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Made of bone. Deep notch, 2 perforations near one end. Large blue glass bead inset at one end.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum handle, accession number 2-19211, described as Made of bone. Deep notch, 2 perforations near one end. Large blue glass bead inset at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum handle, accession number 2-19211, described as Made of bone. Deep notch, 2 perforations near one end. Large blue glass bead inset at one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum handle, accession number 2-19211, described as Made of bone. Deep notch, 2 perforations near one end. Large blue glass bead inset at one end.

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