Drum for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1870-1900
- Culture/People
- Minnesota Chippewa [Pillager Band, Minnesota]
- Collector
- Dr. Charles A. Eastman (Charles Alexander Eastman/Ohiyesa), Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux), 1858-1939
- Collection History
- Collected in 1910 by Dr. Charles A. Eastman (Wahpetonwan Dakota physician, author, and reformer, 1858-1939) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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- Place
- Bear Island, Leech Lake; Leech Lake Reservation; Cass County; Minnesota; USA
- Island Name
- Bear Island
- See related items
- Minnesota Chippewa [Pillager Band, Minnesota]
- Music and Sound
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 2/7219
- Barcode
- 027219.001
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Drum for Midewiwin rituals (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, hide
- Techniques
- Carved, stretched, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 38.4 x 22.2 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_29046