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Object Number
15-36-10/86411
Display Title
"Modern" drum or tamborine made of light deer hide stretched over a commercial cheese box.
Descriptions
Object Description
"Modern" drum or tamborine made of light deer hide stretched over a commercial cheese box.
Inventory Description
Drum, hide over wood frame secured with nails, red pigment decoration, mended
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1915
Culture
- Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Wood, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 37 x 13 cm (14 3/16 x 14 9/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
86411
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Vendor
James A. Teit
(?)
Collector
James A. Teit
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