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drum stick
drum stick
drum stick
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Nation of Maker:
Anishinaabe
Place of Origin:
Wisconsin, USA
Date Made or Date Range:
1890s
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Materials
Wood, deerskin, beaver fur, ribbon, wool
Techniques or Format
Wooden drum stick with bent hoop striking end covered with blue painted deerskin. Under the wrapped hide of the handle is red calico cloth with white dots. It has beaver fur wrapped around the middle with pendant blue, gold and purple ribbons. It also has a laced hide handle and a large cluster of tassels pendant to the handle end with beaver fur strips, ribbons and wool pom-poms. All hand-stitched.
Additional Context
CW associates the blue-painted hide with Plains styles, DP mentions a 'sacred blue paint' used by the Winnebago. The blue paint may also be indigo or trade blue that is common throughout the 19th century.
Other Notes
Purchase price is for case and one drum stick, see 81.523.1.
Dimensions:
21.75 × 2.25 × 1.125 in
Condition:
Laced hide handle extremely worn, with cloth underneath showing through.
Provenance
Current Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number:
81.523.2
Collection at Current Location:
Chandler Pohrt Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution:
1981
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From:
Richard A. Pohrt
About This GRASAC Record
GKS Reference Number:
26311
Approximate Place of Origin