Drum painted with serpent-line figure, inscribed "Serpents / & / Songs" and "Spencer / McCarty 87 / [glyph]"

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Object Number 2008.20.50

Display Title Drum painted with serpent-line figure, inscribed "Serpents / & / Songs" and "Spencer / McCarty 87 / [glyph]"

Descriptions

Inventory Description Drum, wood frame, stretched hide, painted black, green, red, metal studs

Classification

Percussion

Department Ethnographic

Date 20th century

Artist Spencer McCarty

Culture

Makah

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Materials Wood, Animal hide, Paint, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 39 x 39 cm (2 15/16 x 15 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2008.20.50

Credit Line Gift of Anne Hiatt

Provenance

Collector Anne Hiatt

Donor Arnold Hiatt (-2008)

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