Hand drum
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Pacajá (Pacaja)
- Previous owner
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by the MAI gift shop for resale at an unknown date; transferred to the MAI collection in 1988.
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- Date created
- 1960-1980
- Catalog Number
- 25/2871
- Barcode
- 252871.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Hand drum
- Media/Materials
- Pottery, vegetal fiber, seed/seeds, natural rubber
- Techniques
- Modeled, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 19 x 15.5 cm
- Place
- Rio Tocantins; Brazil (inferred)
- See related items
- Pacajá (Pacaja)
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_268747
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws661bdafc9-eb89-422e-9572-d847d3ce96f0
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