Object Details
- Collection History
- Probably purchased in the Sitka, Alaska, area by Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur (1870-1945), who worked as doctor in Sitka between 1894 and 1900; given or transferred to his sister Helena Wilbur Elliott and her daughter Madeline Elliott Barnes (Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr., 1892-1971) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Madeline Elliott Barnes in 1950.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Haida
- Possible collector
- Bertrand Kingsbury Wilbur, Non-Indian, 1870-1945
- Possible owner
- Helena Wilbur Elliott, Non-Indian, 1863-1927
- Previous owner
- Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
- Donor
- Madeline Elliott Barnes (Madeline Lawrence Elliott/Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes Jr.), Non-Indian, 1892-1971
- Object Name
- Hand drum
- Media/Materials
- Hide, wood, pigment/pigments
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
