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Skin headed drum
Object Number 49-30-10/32252
Display Title Skin headed drum
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drum, bent wood rim and body, skin head, strings with quill? elements - one above and one below head, native repair on head, thong ties hold rim to body
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Quebec
Additional Geographic Terms Gulf of Saint Lawrence, North of the
Materials Wood , Animal skin , Sinew , Quill?
Dimensions Overall: 63.6 × 58.8 × 11.2 cm (25 1/16 × 23 1/8 × 4 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-30-10/32252; (2002.1.1859)
Provenance
Collector William Brooks Cabot (1899-1910)
Donor William Brooks Cabot (1899-1910)

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