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Object Number 11-60-10/83987
Display Title Drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Round drum, fur sides, painted X and circle design with bone/glass beads, metal.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Siksika
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana
Dimensions Overall: 37.5 x 38 x 16 cm (14 3/4 x 14 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 83987
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1911)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1911)

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