Hand Drum "Ga'u", from a grave
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Dec 1884
label: Collection Date
content: 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
label: Donor Name
content: Sgt. John J. McLean
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "9/28/66 Examination of accession records indicate that this specimen was associated with a 'shaman' grave examined by McLean near Sitka." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with the card: "Hand drum of the Tlinkit Indians ... Shell, a hoop of wood; head, of skin, soaked, stretched across the hoop, nailed to the back, having on the inside the figure of a bear in red and black. Thongs cross the hoop on the inside. Diameter, 24 3/4 inches. Collected, 1884, by John J. McLean."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka (near), Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015504
label: USNM Number
content: E74436-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum