Drum
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: John T. Hitchcock
label: Donor Name
content: Catharine McClellan
notes: label: Notes
content: Drum, shaped like a large tambourine. Bent wood frame, with skin stretched over it. Handles attached to the back, and a bell attached inside. Cowrie shells attached around the frame.
label: Notes
content: A shaman named Sakrante is shown using the object for ceremonial use in film "Himalayan Shaman of Northern Nepal" (available at the Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.3) and in photo (National Anthropological Archives, Hitchcock Collection, Box 53 "Buji Khola Pictures" from 1967, and Box 80 Album D). It is mentioned in articles found in the John Hitchcock Collection (Box 36 "Siberia, Afghanistan,Bhuji Valley; Shaman and Culture", Chapter 2 Bhujel Shamanism, p 5-8) where he says "the drum is known as dhyangro". The drum goes with a drum stick (catalog number E433406- E433410)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Apr 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Magar (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032229
label: USNM Number
content: E433292-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum