Drum
| Object Number: | 38365 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Piegan Blackfeet |
| Provenience: | Montana |
| Culture Area: | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Rawhide Wood Claw Pigment |
| Height: | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 39.37 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901 |
Description
Medicine man's drum, circular, double faced. One side is painted red with a bull head design. The other side is pained brown with a bird design in the center. Claws are attached along the edge of the drum.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| American Indian Life 1776-1976 ( Dec 1976 - 1978) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Plains Gallery ( Apr 1986 - Jun 1999) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] 1976. American Indian Life: 1776-1976.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 20 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 68-69/Plate 20 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 75, pl. 87 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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