Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Jay Noble Emley (1971-1939, a New York City attorney); donated to MAI by Jay Nobel Emley in 1932.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tesuque Pueblo
- Previous owner
- Jay Noble Emley, Non-Indian, 1871-1939
- Donor
- Jay Noble Emley, Non-Indian, 1871-1939
- Object Name
- Hand drum and drumstick
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide, cotton cloth, paint, cordage, hide thong/babiche, unknown stuffing
- Techniques
- Carved, bent, stretched, painted, stuffed, tied
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
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