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Image Title Creator Culture Accession # Materials/Techniques
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.756 wood
Metal dance bells on strips of leather Unknown, Chief Strawberry Native American; Potawatomi 84.814a-b hide, metal
Metal dance bells on leather straps Unknown Native American; Central Plains 84.815a-b hide, metal
Metal dance bells on leather strips Unknown Native American; Central Plains 84.816a-b hide, metal
Carved wooden drumstick with a rhinestone tip Unknown Native American 84.3158 wood
Wooden drumstick Unknown Native American 73.748 wood
Wooden drumstick Unknown Native American 73.750 wood
Stomp dance drum made with hide wrapped over wood John W. Gay, Unknown Native American; Muscogee (Creek) 84.3212 wood, hide
Wooden drumstick Unknown Native American 73.763 wood
Carved wooden peyote drumstick Unknown, Dominic Daniels, Dominic Daniels Native American; Osage (artist and user) 73.251 wood
Wooden drumstick Unknown Native American 73.222 wood
Black tapered wooden drumstick with grooved handle Unknown Native American 95.37 wood
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.754 wood
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.755 wood
Wooden drumstick Robert L. Brown Native American; Navajo 73.757 wood
Drum leather Unknown Native American 89.206 hide
Native American Church drumstick Unknown Native American; Osage (artist and user) 84.1033 wood, hide, glass, horsehair, dye, thread
Rawhide drum with wooden base and tension pegs Unknown Native American; possibly Navajo (Diné) (artist and user) 84.1388 hide, wood
Native American Church water drum Unknown Native American; Osage 84.1456 iron, hide (deer), stone, cotton
Loop drumstick with carved head covered in hide and cloth Unknown Native American; Navajo (Diné) (artist and user) 84.1086 wood, hide, cloth