Mescal Drum and Drumstick "Badal Ga Ga"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Dec 1894
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Peyote drum and stick (Badalgaga). 1. Rawhide head stretched over three legged cast iron kettle, secured around the perimeter with rope lashings tied around seven stones inside hide. 11.5" (29 cm) 2. Squared stick with flattened, ball-shape head and round handle. Incised with lines, zig zags and bird motifs. Red stains on shaft. 13.5" (43 cm). Records: Used in Mescal Ceremony. (L). (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma / Indian Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028841
label: USNM Number
content: E169082-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick