Shaman's drum
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Collector
- Donald B. Cordry (Donald Bush Cordry), Non-Indian, 1907-1978
- Collection History
- Collected in 1937 by Donald B. Cordry (1907-1978, a collector and amateur ethnologist) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Date created
- circa 1920
- Catalog Number
- 19/5463
- Barcode
- 195463.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Indigenous Term
- tepu
- Object Name
- Shaman's drum
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cowhide
- Techniques
- Carved, stretched, pegged
- Dimensions
- 42 x 34 x 72 cm
- Place
- La Mesa; Nayarit State; Mexico
- See related items
- Wixarika (Huichol)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_209006
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws643d36715-6fa3-4ac9-9c03-dfe5a9666b89
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