Drum
- Date created
- 1860–1870
- Culture/People
- probably Yanktonai Nakota (attributed)
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Black Chicken (Siyo Sapa/Sayosapa/Black Prairie Chicken), Yanktonai Nakota, ca. 1845-ca. 1903
- Possible owner
- Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka/Tatanka Yotanka), Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux), ca. 1831-1890
- Captain John Crawford (John Wallace Crawford/Captain Jack Crawford), Non-Indian, 1847-1917
- Previous owner
- Elisha P. Slocum, Non-Indian, 1830-1911
- Edith Story Gray, Mohegan, 1874-1966
- Seller
- Edith Story Gray, Mohegan, 1874-1966
- Presenter/funding source
- John S. Williams (John Stanton Williams/John S. Williams, Sr.), Non-Indian, 1901-1982
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; said to have been owned by the Hunkpapa leader Sitting Bull (ca. 1831-1890) and Captain John Crawford ("Captain Jack" Crawford, 1847-1917), of the Black Hills Rangers, but this is unlikely; formerly in the collection of Elisha P. Slocum (1830-1911), an agent for the Adams Express Company in the Dakotas and probably acquired by him in the 1870s; inherited by Slocum's wife's niece, Edith Story Gray (Mohegan, 1874-1966); purchased by MAI from Mrs. Gray in 1962 using funds donated by John S. Williams (1901-1982, a New York City stockbroker and MAI trustee).
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- Place
- Fort Peck Reservation; Roosevelt County; Montana; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Yanktonai Nakota
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Plains & Plateau
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 23/2202
- Barcode
- 232202.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Drum
- Media/Materials
- Wood, rawhide, buffalo horn, paint, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Carved, bent, stretched, laced, painted
- Dimensions
- 59 x 49 x 7 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_247487