Drum

Museum number:
2-1611
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Object count:
1
Description:
Large drum used in ceremonies. Head probably seal or walrus bladder. Hoop frame, rawhide lashing. Carved wood handle with incised linear markings.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
74.5 inches and 61 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963) and S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-1611, described as Large drum used in ceremonies. Head probably seal or walrus bladder. Hoop frame, rawhide lashing. Carved wood handle with incised linear markings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-1611, described as Large drum used in ceremonies. Head probably seal or walrus bladder. Hoop frame, rawhide lashing. Carved wood handle with incised linear markings.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-1611, described as Large drum used in ceremonies. Head probably seal or walrus bladder. Hoop frame, rawhide lashing. Carved wood handle with incised linear markings.

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