Snare Drum
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1860
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This drum was made by an unknown maker in the United states, around 1850-1860. It is a snare drum with a wood shell, wood hoops with holes laced with rope through 10 leather ears, used to tighten the hoops, and metal snares. The bottom drumhead is painted:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SYKE'S<br>[in a maltese cross] US 31<br>REGULAR'S<br>2nd DIV 5th CORP's<br>ARMY<br>of the<br>POTOMAC</p>
label: Description
content: <p>George Sykes (1822–1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War. He was the commander of the 2nd Division of the V (Fifth) Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The date attribution and provenance are subject to study.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William F. Cotton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.393794
label: accession number
content: 211893
label: catalog number
content: 393794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rope (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 20 in x 20 in; 40.64 cm x 50.8 cm x 50.8 cm