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    Object Details

    Discipline

    Anthropology

    Region

    US-Alaska

    Description

    This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.

    Geologic Age

    1980s

    Notes

    A Tlingit wooden frame drum made with stretched moose hide painted with a raven design. The drum was made in Sitka, Alaska by the artist Jennifer L. Brady, also called Ts'enak. The raven motif is painted in three primary colors; black, blue, and red and the design takes up nearly the entirety of the drum face. The skin is very tight across the drum and held by stiff sinew gathered in the middle of the drum's underside. The mallet is made of a wooden handle and a stitched fabric head wrapped in sinew.

    Number of objects in this record

    2

    Record Last Modified

    7 Nov 2023

    Culture

    Tlingit (Kiks.adi Clan)

    USNM Number

    EO400651

    Object Type

    Education and Outreach collections

    Material

    Wood, Hide, Sinew, Paint

    Collecting Locality

    North America, United States, Alaska

    See more items in

    Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center

    Topic

    Education & Outreach

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f7d771b7-2c21-4069-8a7d-0d9b5a29e6e4

    Record ID

    nmnheducation_11020307

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