Drum and drumstick
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Q'eqchi Maya
- NMAI agent
- Francisco Caal, Q'eqchi Maya
- Collection History
- Collected by Francisco Caal (Q'eqchi Maya) for NMAI in 2003.
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- Date created
- circa 1950
- Catalog Number
- 26/2681
- Barcode
- 262681.000
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Indigenous Term
- tun (drum) and ruq'wajb' (drumstick)
- Object Name
- Drum and drumstick
- Media/Materials
- Wood, rawhide, nylon cord, natural rubber
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped, tied
- Dimensions
- 51 x 48 cm
- Place
- Cobán; Cobán Municipality; Alta Verapaz Department, North Region; Guatemala
- See related items
- Q'eqchi Maya
- Music and Sound
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_278800
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e722917a-21e7-4239-9c1d-2e1e2d34ea2d
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