Shaman's drum with human figure handle and seal heads (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1946.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- circa 1890
- Catalog Number
- 20/9343
- Barcode
- 209343.000
- Culture/People
- Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Indigenous Term
- cauyaq
- Object Name
- Shaman's drum with human figure handle and seal heads (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal gut/intestines, wood, paint
- Techniques
- Carved, stretched, painted
- Dimensions
- 64.5 x 42 x 13.2 cm
- Place
- Kuskokwim River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Kuskwogmiut Yup'ik
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Record ID
- NMAI_223510
