Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, Illinois); acquired by the MAI gift shop for resale at an unknown date; transferred to the MAI collection in 1968.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
- Previous owner
- Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Object Name
- Hand drum and drumstick
- Media/Materials
- Cedar, rawhide
- Techniques
- Stretched
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
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