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Object Number
41-72-10/24397
Display Title
Small painted drum - rattle - "day-way-egen"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Day-way-egen (that thing which makes the sound of your heart)
Object Description
Small painted drum - rattle - "day-way-egen". Doctoring item. Sound represents rattlesnake and used to remove bad medicine.
Inventory Description
Drum, hide over wood frame, loop at top, zoomorphic and geo pig. deco, rattles
Classification
- Percussion
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Ge-Kay
Culture
- Southeastern Ojibwa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Minnesota
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Mille Lacs County
Additional Geographic Terms
Mille Lacs; Sa-ga-wa-mick
Materials
Wood, Hide, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 24.7 x 21 x 3.1 cm (9 3/4 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
41-72-10/24397
Provenance
Collector
David I. Bushnell, Jr.
(05/21/1900)
Donor
David I. Bushnell, Jr.
(08/01/1941-11/08/1941)
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