Culture or time period: Alaskan Eskimo / Materials: Sinew (material) / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4588, described as With hoop frame. Wood handle represents long-beaked bird head with seal-like tail. Head is probably made from seal or walrus bladder and has painting of man (?) with elongated, bent arms, outstretching fingers, head and torso and arms only represented, fish painted in space between forearms.

Hearst Museum object titled Pendants, accession number 2-7174, described as Bone pendants, thirteen very flat pieces, cut in shapes similar to a puffin beak; pierced at one end; some decorated with incised crosshatching and lines; held together with a sinew string.