Drum
NA1701
From: United States of America | Nebraska | Lower Missouri
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA1701 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Omaha (culture) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Nebraska | Lower Missouri |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Rawhide | Bead | Buckskin |
| Description | Wooden frame with a single buckskin head. Floral designs on the buckskin head in orange/red. Sides of drum are covered with hide and beads in black, red, yellow and green forming diamond and geometric designs. Stick attached to underside with plant fiber cord. Drumstick is a piece of wood with the head wrapped in buckskin and dyed red. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900 |
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