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Carved wooden drum tightener used to tune drum head / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

This tool would have been used to tune a drum head by tightening it.

Tags: drum tightener
People: Native American
Places: Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: ceremonial use

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Carved wooden drum tightener used to tune drum head
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
ebony
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Drum Tool
Accession No: 
82.169
Previous Number(s): 
TL1995.22.25
Department: 
Anthropology
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