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Frame drum
Native American, possibly Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Seneca
19th century
Object Place: New York State, United States, Northeast
Medium/Technique
Ash, animal skin
Dimensions
Height 5.5 cm, diameter 26.8 cm (Height 2 3/16 in., diameter 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2024
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Membranophones
DescriptionShallow shell constructed of thin machine-cut wood with lapped seam tied together with leather laces. Thick skin head tied to shell with leather laces strung through holes in side. Two leather laces strung through holes in side and crisscrossing back. Red painted decoration on head, comprised of small circle at center (diameter 45 mm), triangles around perimeter, and various other indiscernible shapes in field.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)