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Object Number 20-9-10/87556
Display Title Ceremonial drum with stick
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial drum; with stick; shallow drum constructed from a bent wood cedar frame. Hide drum head attached to inner rim with metal nails, two long ends of drum head skin are joined at the center for additional tautness. Cloth wrapped drumstick.
Inventory Description Drum, wood frame covered with hide, degraded, wood and cloth pounder
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 44 x 40.5 cm (3 7/16 x 17 5/16 x 15 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 20-9-10/87556
Provenance
Collector Henry Moses (?)
Donor Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (1920)

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