Description:
Skin stretched over round wooden piece to create drum. Decorated with red, green, and black colored face.

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

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