Drum
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Collector
- Bernard S. Mason (Bernard Sterling Mason), Non-Indian, 1896-1953
- Previous owner
- Bernard S. Mason (Bernard Sterling Mason), Non-Indian, 1896-1953
- John L. Holden, Non-Indian, 1922-1998
- Donor
- John L. Holden, Non-Indian, 1922-1998
- Object Name
- Drum
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 17 x 18 cm
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Place
- Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary; Jackson County and Swain County; North Carolina; USA
- Date created
- 1900-1930
- Collection History
- Collected between 1930 and 1945 by Bernard S. Mason (1896-1953, author of books on Indian crafts, an active supporter of camping and "Indian lore" as educational experiences, and director of Camp Kooch-i-ching, Rainy Lake, Minnesota); bequeathed or given to his friend John Landis Holden (1922-1998, also a camping enthusiast and subsequent director of Camp Kooch-i-ching); donated to NMAI by John L. Holden in 1991.
- Catalog Number
- 25/3492
- Barcode
- 253492.000
- See related items
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement