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This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Label Text:
SKINNER LABEL:
A single head drum of the Kaigani branch of the Haida Indians of the Prince of Wales Islands, Alaska. Hand hewed piece of wood, 2 3/4" wide by 1/2" thick, bent into a circle and fastened with eight nails in an 11 1/2" lap. The skin is stretched on tight while wet and held by tacks to the under edge of the frame. Large circular face painted on the drum head in black, green, and red, with a red edging. Presented by Dr. and Mrs. V.W. Logan.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people; music; musical instruments

Subjects:
Music; Musical instruments; Indians of North America; Indigenous peoples

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