Drum
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
label: Collection Date
content: 1917
name: label: Collector
content: Miss Frances T. Densmore
label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Double headed; painted with floral designs on each side. This was collected by Frances Densmore in 1917. Was formerly the property of Black Hawk a leading Chippewa warrior. This drum was used by him in calling together the warriors for a war expedition. Loaned to the Flint Institute of Arts 12-29-72, returned by the Flint Institute of Arts 7/20/73. Old hand-written tag found loose in drawer says: 'Drum and drumming stick / Formerly property of Black hawk / (Gekek mish) [tag with E359449 calls him Gekekwush] a leading / Chippewa warrior. This drum / was used by him in calling together the warriors preparatory / to a war expedition. / Coll. by Frances Densmore 1917.'"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Minnesota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E360129-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drum