Ceremonial Drum
38-23-102
From: Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-23-102 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Huichol |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Nayarit |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1934-1935 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Tree Trunk | Hide | Rawhide |
| Description | Upright. Of hollowed tree trunk. Notched to provide 3 supports. Skin head fastened on with pegs and rawhide. Small square hole in wooden side. Beaten by shaman's hands [at fiestas]. Used in the picturesque ceremony based on eating the narcotic cactus "Peyote". The drum was commanded to be used in the ceremonial worship of Sun-father and Grand-father fire. |
| Length | 73 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Robert M. Zingg, 1938 |
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