Drum & Drum-Stick Of Bone Item Number: E89918-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Drum Illus. in BAE 11th AR, fig. 152, p. 325. Of the Algonquian family. Shell a hoop of wood; heads of seal intestines stretched over square flesh-hoops and held by tightening hoops, through holes in which the lacing passes. There are two snares of twisted sinew with sections of quill attached. Beaten with a bone drumstick."Illus. p. l in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge.
Item History
- Made in Quebec, Canada
- Collected by Lucien M. Turner in Quebec, Canada
- Received on January 9, 1884
What
- Name
- Drum & Drum-Stick Of Bone
- Identification Number
- E89918-0
- Type of Item
- drum
Who
- Culture
- Innu and Nenenot
- Field Collector
- Lucien M. Turner
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Quebec, Canada
- Collected in
- Quebec, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 9, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 013922