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Rawhide drum with wooden base and tension pegs
Unknown
Native American Church water drum
Unidentified
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Kettle drum with hide surface / Unknown

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Curatorial Remarks

The rope is tied around marbles to hold the hide onto the kettle. The drum is taken apart after meetings.

Tags: kettle, drum
People: Native American Church
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: peyote meeting

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

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Title(s): 
Kettle drum with hide surface
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American
Date: 
19th century - 20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
iron, hide
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Kettle Drum
Credit Line: 
Gift of Cynthia Hale
Accession No: 
84.3141
Previous Number(s): 
TL2003.40.1
Department: 
Anthropology
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