Hand Drum "Ga'u"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Jun 1882
label: Collection Date
content: 1881
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HAND DRUM (GA'U) OF THE HOONYAS, KOLUSCHAN FAMILY. SHELL, A HOOP OF WOOD; HEAD, OF BLADDER, IN THREE PIECES, SOAKED, STRETCHED AND HELD BY PEGS DRIVEN INTO THE BACK OF THE HOOP. A RAWHIDE THONG ON THE BACK OF THE HOOP SERVES AS A HANDLE. DIAMETER, 9 INCHES. ALASKA. 60,222. COLLECTED, 1881, BY JOHN J. MCLEAN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chichagof Island / Hoonia (Hoonah), Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Hoonah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 011616
label: USNM Number
content: E60222-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 23 cm