drumstick

drumstick

drumstick

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Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Date Made or Date Range: 1820s to 1856
Materials

deer antler

Motifs and Patterns

striking end of the stick carved in the image of a horse-like head with a thick mane

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: very good
Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E178379
Collection at Current Location: Burton Historical Collection
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1898
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Dr. Peter Edmund Jones, Peter Jones's son
GKS Reference Number: 25103
Record Creation Context

Record created during GRASAC visit to the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History from Dec 3-7, 2012. The visit was funded by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices project in order to work with GRASAC to develop a methodology for incorporating indigenous language research with material culture research.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Participants (during the week): Alan Corbiere, Lisa Truong, Crystal Migwans, Ruth Phillips, Mary Ann Corbiere, Rand Valentine, Myna Toulouse and Theodore Toulouse

Approximate Place of Origin

43.3, -78.1

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