Native American, Southwestern United States, Pueblo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A handcrafted drum with a bent wood frame, perhaps cottonwood, and the skin tightly stretched over both faces with sinew lacing encircling the wood. The faces are painted, one with a turtle and the other with a four-pointed star motif. Included is a stick beater with a burlap cloth covering the head. This beater is not original to the drum and probably modern. Size: 13″ Diameter x 2″ W (33 cm x 5.1 cm)
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Condition: Drum frame is misshapen and bent, indentations to the skin faces. Dark mineral deposits across the surface. Fading to painted motifs. Drum beater is modern late 20th century.
Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000
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