Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Edgar Dewdney (1835-1916), Indian commissioner for Canada's Northwest Territories (1879-1888), Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories (1881-1888), and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1892-1897), and probably collected by him between 1879 and 1888; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Bush or Western Woods Cree
- Possible collector
- Edgar Dewdney, Non-Indian, 1835-1916
- Previous owner
- Edgar Dewdney, Non-Indian, 1835-1916
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Hand drum
- Media/Materials
- Hide thong/Babiche, wood
- Techniques
- Stretched
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
