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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?
Materials
Leather, Wood, Pigment
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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