Drum & Drumstick "Kambore" & "Kambori Ipilale"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1982
label: Collection Date
content: 1981
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Merrill
notes: label: Notes
content: DRUM MADE OF WOODEN RIM WITH GOAT SKIN HEADS STRECHED OVER BOTH SIDES. HEADS ARE ATTACHED BY STRIPS OF GOAT SKIN LACED THROUGH HOLES AROUND EDGES OF HEADS IN A CRISSCROSS PATTERN. ANOTHER STRIP OF GOAT SKINS GOES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF RIM & FORMS A HANDLE. HEADS HAVE DESIGNS PAINTED ON THEM IN RED. A SNARE STRING IS STRECHED ACROSS ONE HEAD, ON WHICH ARE STRUNG 2 BLUE BEADS THAT ARE IN THE CENTER OF THE HEAD. DRUM STICK IS CARVED FROM A WOODEN PLANK. A KNOB ON THE STRIKING END IS COVERED WITH A THICK LAYER OF CLOTH, HELD IN PLACE BY A GOAT SINEW TIED AROUND IT. DRUM IS PLAYED ONLY DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2 (DIA CANDELARIA) AND EASTER. ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 7, PG. 301.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Rejogochi, Basihuare, Chihuahua, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tarahumara (Rarámuri, Ralámuli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 350956
label: USNM Number
content: E422485-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick
physicalDescription: label: Depth - Drum
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Drum
content: 9 cm
label: Length - Stick
content: 35 cm
label: Width - Stick
content: 4.7 cm