Drum (Chau-I-Yuk)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "OF THE ESKIMO, ESKIMAUAN FAMILY. SHELL A PIECE OF WOOD FORMED INTO A HOOP AND LASHED WITH SPRUCE ROOT; HEAD OF SEAL INTESTINES STRETCHED, WHEN GREEN ACROSS THE HOOP. THE EDGE IS FORCED INTO THE GROOVES AND HELD IN PLACE BY A SLENDER RAWHIDE THONG." "Shell made of one piece of wood bent into a hoop, the joints scarfed and lashed with spruce roots. The head of membrane probably interlined which has been mashed and is now broken. It is stretched over the hoop. When wet the edges forced into a groove made on the outside of hoop and held by wrapping of a long slender rawhide thong. Handle missing.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Vancouver, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38878-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 69.8 cm
label: Width - Hoop
content: 8 cm