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Description
This tambourine-like instrument, its head made of walrus stomach or bladder, is used chiefly in the winter ceremonies. Such drums vary in diameter from a foot to five feet; the one illustrated measured three feet six inches. When beaten, the drum is held in a position varying from horizontal to vertical. The drum-stick is a slender wand.
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Source
Photogravure, 22.25 x 18.25 inches: The North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska, 970.6 C942 vol.20 plates, William Smith Mason Collection of Western Americana, Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
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