Drum

CG920512-2497A

From: New Mexico (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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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

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