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Napi Gives People Life

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    Object Details

    Culture/People

    Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]

    Artist/Maker

    Darrell L. Norman (Ee-Nees-Too-Wah-See [Growing Like a Buffalo]), Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana], b. 1943

    Previous owner

    R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

    Donor

    R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

    Collection History

    Formerly in the collection of R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007), donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2004.

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    Date created

    1997

    Catalog Number

    26/4321

    Barcode

    264321.000

    Object Type

    Music and Sound

    Title

    Napi Gives People Life

    Object Name

    Hand drum and drumstick

    Media/Materials

    Rawhide, wood, glass bead/beads, feather/feathers, wool cloth, cotton cloth, brass bell/bells, paint

    Techniques

    Stretched, carved, painted, strung, wrapped

    Dimensions

    72 x 62 x 8 cm

    Place

    Browning, Blackfeet Reservation; Glacier County; Montana; USA (inferred)

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    Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana]
    Music and Sound

    On View

    NMAI, Washington DC: Outside Rasmuson Theater, Music and Dance

    Data Source

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws649353d6e-0a83-40ec-8164-47bc6be766f8

    Record ID

    NMAI_280522

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