Jar Drum (Tai-pai-hau-nai) used When Girls Grind Corn Item Number: 04.297.5279 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

Large drum jar with raptor wings motif around the edge. Goat skin would have been stretched across the top and it beaten with a drum hoop, a sapling curved and tied to form a hoop. Collector, Stewart Culin, noted that this drum was used when girls ground corn.

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1904, Museum Collection Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1800 and 1899

What

Name
Jar Drum (Tai-pai-hau-nai) used When Girls Grind Corn
Identification Number
04.297.5279
Type of Item
drum, corn and jar
Material
clay and slip
Overall
length 15.0 in, width 17.0 in, height 17.0 in

Who

Culture
She-we-na

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1800 and 1899

Other

Classification
Musical Instrument