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Object Number 985-27-10/60373
Display Title Cheese box drum, probably Plains. Rawhide over cheese box frame. Painted designs
Descriptions
Object Description Cheese box drum, probably Plains. Rawhide stretched over cheese box frame. Red designs on top of serpent at bottom and 2 human figures(?) on top. Circle below figures, (shield?). Yellow background. 33.2x34x11.6 cm.
Inventory Description Drum, wood frame, stretched hide tied with leather, red painted designs
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Montana?
Dimensions Overall: 33.2 x 34 x 10 cm (13 1/16 x 13 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/60373
Provenance
Collector William Radcliff Morris (1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (1930)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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