drumstick

drumstick

drumstick

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Introduction

Ojibwe wooden drum beater with top shaped like a horse head. Painted green with incised details on head and handgrip carved into handle. Similar, but not identical to P0383B. Part of the Pearsall Collection, acquired in 1963.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

FLMNH records, tag on stick B said "Chippiwa Indians, Michigan relic 3.09" other side "Rare. Ancient drum stick" N. Feder also identified this as "Chippiwa"

Place of Origin: Michigan, USA
Date Made or Date Range: 1850
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

FLMNH records

Materials

wood, paint

Techniques or Format

wooden drum beater shaped like stylized horse head at top with muzzle as beating surface; painted dark green; hand grip carved into handle; incised lines on head

Dimensions: 34 × 7 × 0 cm
Condition: Good; has a chipped muzzel
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

or earlier, FLMNH records, N. Feder

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: P0383a
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1963-12-17
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900/1960
Collection Narratives and Histories

Items purchased on the art market by Col. Leigh M. Pearsall between 1900 and 1960. Purchased from Pearsall by the University of Florida Endowment Corp., the collection contains several thousand archeological and ethnographic specimens chiefly from North America, and comprises a large portion of the FLMNH's ethnographic collection.

Sources to Learn More

Hoffman, BAE Grand Medicine Lodge.

GKS Reference Number: 25731
Record Creation Notes/Observations

Made from the records of the FLMNH

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