Drum-Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 May 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A ROUND STICK PEELED. THE HEAD IS A BALL MADE FROM A PIECE OF THIN LEATHER GATHERED AND CLOSED BY A PUCKERING STRING AND INCLOSING HAIR. USED BY BOYS IT IS CALLED A SHINNEY IN THE CATALOGUE, BUT DR. HOUGH SAYS IT IS A DRUM STICK. STICK AND BALL COLORED RED. THE BALL IS TIED BACK TO THE STICK." FROM CARD: "SHINNEY STICK AND BALL.---THE STICK IS A STRAIGHT BRANCH. THE BALL IS MADE OF BUCKSKIN STUFFED WITH HAIR. STICK AND BALL STAINED RED. USED BY SMALL BOYS. LENGTH OF STICK, 14 3/4 INCHES; DIAMETER OF BALL, ABOUT 1 1/2 INCHES. MOKI (Hopi) INDIANS (SHOSHONEAN STOCK), MOKI (Hopi) PUEBLO RESERVATION, ARIZONA. 22,552. COLLECTED BY MAJ. J. W. POWELL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Mar 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hopi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 76A00060
label: USNM Number
content: E22552-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drumstick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Stick
content: 37.47 cm
label: Diameter - Ball
content: ca. 3.8 cm