Drum-Supports
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Object Details
- Collector
- Mr. James Mooney
- Donor Name
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
- FROM CARD: "USED FOR SUPPORTING THE DRUM IN THE CROW DANCE. THE STICKS ARE PLANTED IN THE GROUND AND THE DRUM SUSPENDED FROM THE MIDDLE. ORNAMENTED WITH EAGLE FEATHERS AND SYMBOLICAL CARVINGS. [the following is a transcription of the tag that is with the object] ""NO.4, MOONEY-OMAHA EXP..1898. FOUR DRUM SUPPORTS FOR SUPPORTING THE DRUM IN THE CROW DANCE & OTHER DANCES. THE STICKS ARE PLANTED IN THE GROUND & THE DRUM SUSPENDED IN THE CENTER. THEY ARE ORNAMENTED WITH----- OF THE BUFFALO PIPE, EAGLE, MAGPIE, [sun and morning star]. ARAPAHO (SOUTHERN) TRIBE OKLA. COLLECTED BY JAMES MOONEY." . ILLUS.: EWERS, JOHN C. PLAINS INDIAN SCULPTURE; FIG. 201, PG. 203. IDENTIFIED THERE AS SET OF BIRD HEAD EFFIGY DRUM SUPPORTS; PAINTED WOOD, HORSEHAIR, METAL BELL, AND FEATHER PENDANT."
- Record Last Modified
- 4 Feb 2021
- Specimen Count
- 4
- Culture
- Arapaho (Inunaina, Hinono'ei), Southern
- Accession Date
- 10 Jan 1900
- Accession Number
- 036021
- USNM Number
- E204543-0
- Object Type
- Drum Support
- Place
- Not Given, South, Oklahoma, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8356650
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33f17cbd6-af80-4bd8-b7c6-3f1c2ae3e5d4
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