Drum
29-175-531
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-531 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kwakiutl |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Skin | Wood | Iron |
| Description | Flat wooden rim (frame) nailed together where ends overlap and cut every inch or so on inside surface to facilitate bending. Skin covering of top surface nails to bottom edge of rim. badly torn. Mended with leather or rawhide strips and wax(?) along several tears on under edge to make a handgrip. Cotton cord wrapped around place where they cross. Traces of hair on skin in a few places. |
| Depth | 8.3 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Outside Diameter | 72 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 1/9481 - Collector Number |
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