Drum Item Number: 2738/72 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Large drum with both ends covered with skin, one of which is painted with a Corpus Christi scene. Skins are stretched and sewn around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central orange painted wood drum, secured with another bent twig and bound with brown grass twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On the painted end, in pink, yellow, black and blue on a white background, is depicted an elaborately costumed Corpus Christi dancer, a female spectator, an official and a spotted bird.