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A PLAINS DRUM AND A GREAT LAKES RATTLE
the drum, composed of rawhide stretched over a wood frame, decorated with red pigment, with a motif resembling a Maltese cross; the rattle, of similar materials, with blue and white coiled beadwork on the handle and a concentric circular motif on the head
Dimensions: the drum, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter; the rattle, 15 in. (38.1 cm.) long (2)
the drum, composed of rawhide stretched over a wood frame, decorated with red pigment, with a motif resembling a Maltese cross; the rattle, of similar materials, with blue and white coiled beadwork on the handle and a concentric circular motif on the head
Dimensions: the drum, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) diameter; the rattle, 15 in. (38.1 cm.) long (2)
Literature
Illustrated in Waldlandindianer und Bisonjager Nordamerikas, page 12 and in Die Prarieindianer Nordamerikas 1840 - 1890, plate 28.
Exhibited
Amerika Haus Berlin, Mar. 1 - 31, 1971; Jan. 26 - Mar. 3, 1976