Drum

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Date created: 1986

Culture/People: Tigua Kichua
Collector: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian; Dorothea Scott Whitten (Sibby Whitten), Non-Indian, 1930-2011
Donor: Dr. Norman E. Whitten, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected or acquired by anthropologists Norman E. Whitten and Dorothea Scott Whitten (1930–2011) in 1986 during anthropological research and humanitarian work with the Amazonian peoples of Ecuador; donated to NMAI by Dr. Norman E. Whitten in 2019.
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Place: Tigua; Pujilí Canton; Cotopaxi Province; Ecuador

See related items: Tigua Kichua; Music and Sound

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 27/500
Barcode: 270500.000

Object Type: Music and Sound

Object Name: Drum
Media/Materials: Wood, sheepskin (domestic sheep), paint, rope, metal nails
Techniques: Bent, stretched, painted, nailed, tied
Dimensions: 34 x 41.4 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ab79342e-7af0-498e-bca0-1fb554db53fe

Record ID: NMAI_416188