Drum
CG920512-2497A
From: New Mexico (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | CG920512-2497A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo | Tewa (Culture uncertain) |
Provenience | New Mexico (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Rawhide | Pigment |
Description | Cylindrical, single-headed, wooden drum with a hide membrane. The hide is stretched over the frame and tied to itself on the underside. The membrane is decorated with a central circle with radiating feathers, a zigzag line, and two stepped designs with adjacent triangles. Designs are in black but, more prominently, in red overtop the black. Drumstick attached with string. |
Outside Diameter | 27.5 cm |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.