Peyote Drum and Drum Beater

Unknown people (Plains)
Southern Plains
Plains

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about 1930

Drum: Iron, Native-tanned hide, cord, stones; Drum Beater: Wood, paint

Overall: 6 15/16 × 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 in. (17.7 × 25.5 × 32.4 cm)

Overall: 3/8 in. (1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

158.28.14245

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Course History

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.

Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.

Publication History

George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Hightlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, ill. p. 37 and p. 169, no. 127.

Provenance

Collected by the Joint Expedition, Dartmouth College Museum and New Mexico, by Director Alfred P. Whiting (1912-1978), Summer of 1958.

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