Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Italian composer Domenico Brescia (1866-1939); purchased by George Heye in 1908 from an unknown source.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Northwestern Amazonia (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Domenico Brescia (Domingo Brescia), Non-Indian, 1866-1939
- Object Name
- Drum and drumstick
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide, cordage
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
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