Drum Item Number: 43.201.135 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Northern Plains area. The drum has a red painted patch glued onto drumhead. The design is a buffalo with a zigzag line around it but no power lines emanating directly from the buffalo. There are red areas of pigment on drumhead. Wool and hide fringe dangles from drum. Remnants of silk ribbons are attached with nails along the edge. It has a knot in the hide ties in the middle back. This was possibly made as a showpiece as would have been very awkward to hold and play. This is a drum that would have ceremonial significance These are specialized.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Item History
- Made between 1901 and 1933
What
- Name
- Drum
- Identification Number
- 43.201.135
- Type of Item
- drum
- Material
- hide, buffalo horn, horse hair, dyed owl feather, stroud wool cloth, small eagle feather, pigment and metal nail
- Overall
- length 1.9375 in, width 1.9375 in, height 19.6875 in
Who
- Culture
- Plains
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1901 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- Musical Instrument