Donor Name:

Accession Number Unknown  Search this

Culture:

Unspecified  Search this

Object Type:

Drum

Place:

Plains (not certain), United States, North America

Notes:

FROM CARD: "SNAKE-CHARMER. L.P.X.? THE FIVE INCH WIDE WOODEN FRAME HAS AN IMPRESSED PATTERN OF GEOMETRIC FIGURES ALL OVER THE INSIDE, WHICH ARE NOT OF INDIAN ORIGIN AND THEREFORE THE WOOD MUST HAVE COME FROM SOMETHING WHICH HAD THEM ON BEFORE USE FOR THE DRUM. IN ONE SIDE IS A HAND HOLD THE SIZE OF A THUMB, WHICH IS ALSO NOT USUAL FOR DRUMS OF THE AM. INDIAN. THE SKIN HEAD, WHICH COMES OVER THE SIDES AND IS SEWN TIGHT TO THE BOTTOM EDGE IS NOT USUAL FOR AM. INDIAN."

Record Last Modified:

1 Nov 2016

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

000000

USNM Number:

E178963-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3739e18af-59e6-400a-bfcd-322e8a26d6a3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8353084