drum & drumstick
drum & drumstick
drum & drumstick
Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
White Earth Reservation
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Materials
Drum: single piece of hide, wooden rim, raw hide, red and blue paint
Drumstick: wood wrapped with red woolen tape (commercial)
Techniques or Format
Drum: single piece of hide cut 2/3 and folded and stretched over a wooden rim, cut sides are sewn with raw hide; raw hide binding forms a handle on one end
drumstick: comes to open loop on one end
Motifs and Patterns
Drum: one is painted blue with a red circle in middle, the other side is painted red with blue circle in middle; narrow white band left between the blue and red
Condition:
Drum: good, hide slightly torn
Provenance
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
E278114
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1913
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
25770
Approximate Place of Origin