Musical Instrument: Drum and Drumstick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
label: Collection Date
content: 1937 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Dorothy M. Cordry
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Donald B. Cordry
notes: label: Notes
content: "DRUM WITH ONE STICK AND A FLUTE [E420810A] PLAYED AT THE SAME TIME. PURCHASED FROM A DANCE MASTER OF A TECUANI DANCE WHO CAME W/HIS DANCE GROUP FROM APAXTLA, GUERRERO. MADE 1960 +/-. 1972." WOODEN DOUBLE-HEADED DRUM. SKIN HEADS STRETCHED OVER HOOPSAND HELD IN PLACE WITH HEMP CORD & LEATHER KNOTS. STRANDS OF HORSEHAIR WITH SMALL TWIGS STRETCHED ACROSS ONE HEAD TOACT AS A "BUZZER." BODY HAS BEEN REPAINTED SEVERAL TIMES.RED, BLUE AND TRACES OF WHITE PAINT REMAIN. DRUMSTICK: PLAIN STRAIGHT STICK WITH BRAIDED HEMP CORD TIED IN A LOOPAT ONE END.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Las Sauces, Guerrero, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nahua
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 355866
label: USNM Number
content: E420810B-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 11.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 14 cm