Drum pot

Museum number:
2-13947
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Accession number:
Acc.598
Description:
Red clay; conical; rounded base broken into 6 pieces; exterior rim decorated with right-slating slashes; exterior and interior blackened; coil marks visible in interior.
Donor:
Albert B. Reagan
Collection place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Albert B. Reagan
Collection date:
1927
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1924
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.3 centimeters and diameter 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drum pot, accession number 2-13947, described as Red clay; conical; rounded base broken into 6 pieces; exterior rim decorated with right-slating slashes; exterior and interior blackened; coil marks visible in interior.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum pot, accession number 2-13947, described as Red clay; conical; rounded base broken into 6 pieces; exterior rim decorated with right-slating slashes; exterior and interior blackened; coil marks visible in interior.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum pot, accession number 2-13947, described as Red clay; conical; rounded base broken into 6 pieces; exterior rim decorated with right-slating slashes; exterior and interior blackened; coil marks visible in interior.

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