Drum, Tambourine
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. James P. Kimball
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SHELL A BENT HOOP THREE INCHES WIDE, THE ENDS LAPPED AND STITCHED TOGETHER. FOUR RECTANGULAR HOLES ARE MADE IN THE HOOP IN WHICH ARE HUNG BRASS JINGLES. ONE HEAD OF TANNED SKIN IS STRETCHED OVER THE SHELL AND HELD BY FOURTEEN POINTED PINS DRIVEN THROUGH IT AND THE HOOP. THE ENDS OF THE PINS PROJECT FROM 3/4 TO 1-1/2 IN..FOUR STRAPS, ATTACHED TO THE HEAD AND CROSS IN THE MIDDLE, WHERE A ROSETTE IS FORMED BY WEAVING A THONG IN AND OUT. THE FACE OR OUTSIDE OF HEAD IS PAINTED WITH A RED DISH IN ITS CENTER. ON THE INSIDE ARE DESIGNS IN RED, YELLOW, BLUE AND BLACK THE DRUMSTICK HAS A HEAD FORMED BY WRAPPING A RAG AROUND ON END."
label: Notes
content: Drum head is recycled from a painted parfleche; the painted design is visible on the interior of the drum head.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, Dakota Territory / North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Assiniboine (Nakoda/Nakota/Nakona)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E8484-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum / Drumstick