Drum Beater
| Object Number: | 70-9-472B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Delaware Culture Lenape Munsee |
| Provenience: | Canada Ontario Six Nations Reservation |
| Culture Area: | Northeast Culture Area |
| Maker: | Nick Peters |
| Date Made: | Before 1938 |
| Early Date: | 1933 |
| Late Date: | 1938 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Pigment Wood |
| Technique: | Painted |
| Length: | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Description
Model of drum and 4 beaters used in Delaware Big House Ceremony. Drum is stitched hide, decorated with red paint with black figures of bear and crescent moon. Beaters are wood with black star design on red, with black handle.
Bibliography:
| [Other] Wm. D. Morley, Inc. Inventory and Appraisement - Personal Property - The Estate of Samuel W. Pennypacker, 2nd, Dec'd. - Haldeman Road Schwenksville, RD 1 Penna. October 15, 1968.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 27 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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