Collector:

Lillian T. Samuelson  Search this

Donor Name:

Mrs. Lillian T. Samuelson  Search this

Diameter:

30.5 cm

Height:

8 cm

Culture:

Chippewa-Cree (Annishinabe Ne-i-yah-wahk)  Search this

Assiniboine (Nakoda/Nakota/Nakona)  Search this

Object Type:

Drum / Drumstick

Place:

Box Elder, Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana, United States, North America

Accession Date:

4 Sep 2007

Notes:

Skin stretched over wood frame with painting of a tipi on the front surface of drumhead. Border design of yellow and red, white and blue. Dressed skin head for the drumstick. Drumstick is 38 cm long.

Donor Notes: "Drum with painting of a tepee and drumstick, made by Charlie Dog Sleeps [sic, should be Dog Sleep], born 1900. Metal drum with moose hide head and wood-and-leather drumstick. He married Eagle Child. He was born 1897 and was 3/4 Cree and Assiniboine..."

Record Last Modified:

10 Feb 2023

Specimen Count:

2

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

2037467

USNM Number:

E434529-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e572417f-9d45-4d53-8365-315422a94939

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_12545811