| Object Number |
38365 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Piegan | Blackfeet |
| Provenience |
Montana |
| Culture Area |
Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section |
American |
| Materials |
Rawhide | Wood | Claw | Pigment |
| Description |
Medicine man's drum, circular, double faced. One side is painted red with a bull head design. The other side is pained brown with a bird design in the center. Claws are attached along the edge of the drum. |
| Height |
8 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
39.37 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| American Indian Life: 1776-1976. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1976. Page/Fig./Plate: 20 |
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| Williams, Lucy F., William S. Wierzbowski, and Robert W. Preucel. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2005. See: Pages 68-69/Plate 20 |
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| Williams, Lucy F. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2003. See: p. 75, pl. 87 |
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