Hand Drum "Ga'u" Item Number: E60222-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HAND DRUM (GA'U) OF THE HOONYAS, KOLUSCHAN FAMILY. SHELL, A HOOP OF WOOD; HEAD, OF BLADDER, IN THREE PIECES, SOAKED, STRETCHED AND HELD BY PEGS DRIVEN INTO THE BACK OF THE HOOP. A RAWHIDE THONG ON THE BACK OF THE HOOP SERVES AS A HANDLE. DIAMETER, 9 INCHES. ALASKA. 60,222. COLLECTED, 1881, BY JOHN J. MCLEAN."
Item History
- Made in Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA during 1881
- Received on June 23, 1882
What
- Name
- Hand Drum "Ga'u"
- Identification Number
- E60222-0
- Type of Item
- drum
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Hoonah
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Hoonah, Chichagof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1881
- Acquisition Date
- on June 23, 1882
Other
- Accession Number
- 011616