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- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; skin; sinew
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0013
- Description
- A large round shallow hand drum of rawhide stretched tightly over wooden hoop. Rawhide laced to drum through holes drilled along perimeter of hoop with thick sinew, and then pulled across back of drum like spokes of a wheel and tightened with a piece of leather thong woven about the spokes at the c…
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1920 – 1940
- Material
- wood; skin; sinew
- Dimensions
- 7.7 x 42.0 cm
- Description
- A large round shallow hand drum of rawhide stretched tightly over wooden hoop. Rawhide laced to drum through holes drilled along perimeter of hoop with thick sinew, and then pulled across back of drum like spokes of a wheel and tightened with a piece of leather thong woven about the spokes at the centre. Rawhide skin once painted yellow and green.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0013
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; metal; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0014
- Description
- Large round shallow hand drum of thick rawhide stretched over wooden hoop. Rawhide nailed to bottom of hoop along perimeter with nails approximately 1.5 cm apart. Hide is trimmed at edge of hoop with four long strips of the hide evenly spaced around edge extending toward centre of back of drum and …
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; metal; fibre
- Dimensions
- 9.5 x 48.0 cm
- Description
- Large round shallow hand drum of thick rawhide stretched over wooden hoop. Rawhide nailed to bottom of hoop along perimeter with nails approximately 1.5 cm apart. Hide is trimmed at edge of hoop with four long strips of the hide evenly spaced around edge extending toward centre of back of drum and pulled tightly across centre with thick twisted cord. Skin has been sewn together with sinew along one side of hoop frame extending 6 cm into face of drum. Drum skin has been stained red with large grey owl with yellow wings and red features sitting at centre.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- animal
- bird
- owl
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0014
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- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0015
- Description
- Shallow square hand drum made of hide stretched over thick wooden frame and nailed to bottom of frame along edges with leather thongs from corner to corner of hide and crossing in middle of back of drum where it is bound around tightly. Hide is carefully seamed across centre of drum face and sewn t…
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1945 – 1955
- Material
- skin; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 31.0 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- Shallow square hand drum made of hide stretched over thick wooden frame and nailed to bottom of frame along edges with leather thongs from corner to corner of hide and crossing in middle of back of drum where it is bound around tightly. Hide is carefully seamed across centre of drum face and sewn to fit around corners with sinew, hide has rough texture.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0015
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- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3002
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly around a bent slat of wood. There is a faint red star, four points and other writing on face. Tag CRW's writing: "Allen Dixon brought this his grandfather's."
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- skin; wood; fibre
- Dimensions
- 6.5 x 29.0 x 29.0 cm
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly around a bent slat of wood. There is a faint red star, four points and other writing on face. Tag CRW's writing: "Allen Dixon brought this his grandfather's."
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- music
- dancing
- pow wow
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3002
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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; sinew; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3001
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly over 6.0 wide piece of wood. Sinew laced through wood and hide and crosses at centre of reverse. Wood drum stick (40.0 cm long) with buckskin sleeve sewn on one end and the opposite is padded and wrapped.
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- Title
- Hand Drum
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- skin; sinew; wood
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 35.0 x 35.0 cm
- Description
- Skin stretched tightly over 6.0 wide piece of wood. Sinew laced through wood and hide and crosses at centre of reverse. Wood drum stick (40.0 cm long) with buckskin sleeve sewn on one end and the opposite is padded and wrapped.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- Stoney
- dancing
- music
- ceremonial
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.3001
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