Kelyaut (frame drum)
Object type: Kelyaut (frame drum)
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: Native American (Inuit, Northern Alaskan Eskimo)
Period: Native American
Artist: Northern Alaskan Eskimo; Family: Eskimavan
Artist role: Maker
Date: 19th century
Medium: Willow wood, various materials
Dimensions: Depth: 2.5 cm (1 in.); Max. Diam.: 41.5 cm (16-5/16 in.); Head Diam.: 41.5 cm (16-5/16 in.)
Classification: Membranophone-single-headed / frame drum
Geography:  Point Barrow  Alaska United States  
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession year: 1889