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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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