drum, water drum, membranophones

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Introduction

A Midwiwin water drum with its original leather cover. The drum was collected by William Jones among the Anishinaabe near Leech Lake, Minnesota in 1904.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

collected among the Anishinaabe ("Ojibway") at Leech Lake Minnesota

Date Made or Date Range: pre 1904

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Mentioned in the original register catalogue at the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y.

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Materials

maple trunk and board, cotton and linen stripe, iron nails, beeswax, deer hide

Techniques or Format

The drum is made of a hollowed (carved) maple trunk with attached maple bottom sealed with beeswax and is covered with a leather hide, which was strung by a cloth wrapped wooden hoop.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Midwiwin drum

Condition: good, crack repaired with glued on cloth strip; inside sealed with beeswax

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Collected by William Jones as part of a museum's expedition for the American Museum of Natural History, N.Y. in 1904-05.

Provenance

Current Location: Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Germany

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: IV-B-8119 a

Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: Jones collection, 1904-05

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 466

Record Creation Context

Created by Nikolaus Stolle during a research visit to the museum commissioned by Ruth Phillips and supported by her research funds.

Approximate Place of Origin

46.7296, -94.6859

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