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Cylindrical drum
Native American, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
19th century
Object Place: New York State, United States, Northeast (Subregion: Great Lakes)
Medium/Technique
Wood, animal skin
Dimensions
Height 25.5 cm, diameter 38.7 cm (Height 10 1/16 in., diameter 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionShell of thin roughly surfaced wood painted red, tied together at seam with thin twine. Two skin heads attached to shell with leather laces in "W" pattern. One head painted with alternating red and yellow triangles around perimeter; opposite head painted with red circle at center, wavy red arrow and one red triangle in field, and two small red triangles over larger yellow triangles at opposite edges.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)