Drum and drumsticks

Museum number:
2-71517a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271517a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Drum with two drumsticks; a) tambourine-type drum with bentwood hoop with three metal rivets on two antler plates; drumskin of de-haired caribou skin tied to hoop with braided sinew; braided sinew snare, broken antler handle; diameter 31.5cm. b) antler drumstick, length: 27.2.; c) antler drumstick, length: 28.7 cm.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, Quebec
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drumsticks (percussion beaters), Snare drums, and Tambourines
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumsticks, accession number 2-71517a-c, described as Drum with two drumsticks; a) tambourine-type drum with bentwood hoop with three metal rivets on two antler plates; drumskin of de-haired caribou skin tied to hoop with braided sinew; braided sinew snare, broken antler handle; diameter 31.5cm. b) antler drumstick, length: 27.2.; c) antler drumstick, length: 28.7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum and drumsticks, accession number 2-71517a-c, described as Drum with two drumsticks; a) tambourine-type drum with bentwood hoop with three metal rivets on two antler plates; drumskin of de-haired caribou skin tied to hoop with braided sinew; braided sinew snare, broken antler handle; diameter 31.5cm. b) antler drumstick, length: 27.2.; c) antler drumstick, length: 28.7 cm.

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