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Medicine drum
Object Number 74-8-10/7595
Display Title Medicine drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, wood hoop support with stretched leather tied with thong
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dakota
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Leather, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 18 x 19 cm (3 3/4 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 7595, 88.D.21
Provenance
Collector A. B. Campbell (?)
Collector U.S. Army (?)
Donor United States Surgeon General's Office (1874)

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