Drum

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Drum

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.149 A

Description

Property C41: Drum in Red White and Blue. Object: ceremonial drum and mallet, Artist/Maker: Pueblo, Title/Model: Red, White and Blue Drum with Mallet, Date/Region: ca. 1985 / Southwest, Medium/Technique: hollowed log, gut, glass beads, bone, and pigment / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 6.5" H x 8.65" W, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A small size drum is created using hollowed log, rawhide top and bottom, and stretching raw hide with leather strapping in a crisscross pattern. The drum has been painted in a child-like technique in red, white and blue. Green beads and bone dangle from one side. The mallet is a stick of wood with a rawhide top. Purchased at Bob Sleeper Auction, Emma, MO, on July 25, 1993 in lot 152 for $150.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1985

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Southwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Pueblo
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Drum

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Instrument, Percussion

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Musical Instruments

Nomenclature Class

Musical T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018