War-Drum
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
label: Collection Date
content: March 6 -7, 1868
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee
label: Collector
content: Dr. Henry McElderry
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THE SHELL IS BENT HOOP OF WOOD. THE TWO RAW HIDE HEADS ARE STRETCHED OVER THE HOOP, THE EDGES THROUGHT TOGETHER AND STITCHED WITH SINEWS. THEY ARE PAINTED BROWN, ORNAMENTED WITH GREEN AND RED PAINT, A TWISTED THONG OF HIDE HAS ITS ENDS FASTENED TO THE SHELL, FORMING A LOOP HANDLE. THE DRUM STICK HAS A STUFED HEAD OF DEER SKIN, ITS OTHER END IS ORNAMENTED WITH A TASSEL OF TWISTED LEATHER THONGS, AND IS ALSO DECORATED WITH PIN-HEADS, ILLUS.: FIG. 10 IN SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHRO. VOL. 2, NO. 5. ADDITIONAL INFO IN LAB ACC FILE."
label: Notes
content: 3 parts: one drum and one beater broken in 2 pieces.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Nov 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Paint Creek / Fort Griffin, Near, Haskell County, Texas, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tonkawa (Tickanwa-tic)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8453-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick