Drum

Museum number:
2-4918
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
103 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Deer hoof (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Context of use:
To make music.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 32 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #59: American Indian Film Project (February 7, 1964–May 6, 1964), S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965), S1968-1969 #30: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (October 28, 1968–December 31, 1968), S1968-1969 #76: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (February 14, 1969–May 23, 1969), S1979-1980 #63: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (April 22, 1980–August 29, 1980), and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4918, described as Single headed, hoop. Rawhide head is stained yellow with standing bear in center, green bear tracks painted near edge. Deer hoof rattles and trim. Wood frame.

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