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Drum

Haida, 1900-1932

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Haida

Drum

Haida, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, rawhide, metal, polychrome, 1 1/16 x Diam. 10 1/4 in. (2.7 x 26 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. C.R. Miller
Object Number 1939.32
Woman's drum with painted formline figure, eye and u-shaped filler motifs, possible beaver tail design, hide drum head nailed to wooden frame and lashed with hide thongs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1939; Mrs. C. R. Miller.
Wm. Strutevant, ed., "Handbook of North American Indians," vol. 5, "Arctic" (D. Damas, volume ed.), Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1984, p. 302.
"American Indian Art Magazine," Summer 1985, p. 34.

Inscribed: None.

Artist

Haida

2000–2000

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