Drum Beater
70-9-472C
From: Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-472C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Delaware Culture | Lenape | Munsee |
| Provenience | Canada | Ontario | Six Nations Reservation |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Creator | Nick Peters |
| Date Made | Before 1938 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Pigment | Wood |
| Technique | Painted |
| Description | Model of drum (A) and 4 beaters (B-E) 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. Note from Speck reads, "Toy model of hide drum and 4 beaters used in former Del. ,,, House (abandoned 1850) in Six Nations Delaware settlement. Red = Wapauachki division of Delaware. White = Unami, union of the two tribes in prehistoric times. Red faces east, white faces west. Symbol of new ... = time of ceremony of Bear Sacrifice in Jan-Feb, figure of bear = Constellation of star worship. |
| Length | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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