Native American, New Mexico, Cochiti Pueblo, ca. 1930 to 1940 CE. Authentic tribally used ceremonial drum made of wooden core (certainly from the native cottonwood tree) with stretched rawhide drum heads on two sides and attached drum beater. The heads are each painted black with applied Native symbols, one showing a headdress, the other more abstract with mask adorned with bull horn and other objects. Sides of the drum are painted in tall alternating triangles in green and brown. Size: 8" W x 9.5" H (20.3 cm x 24.1 cm)

Painted and unpainted drums of all sizes are used in pueblo ceremonies. The drum suggests the thunder that comes with rain. The drum has two heads. Pueblo songs are written to start slowly and then go to a climax. At a certain point of the song, the drum is flipped over to achieve a higher beat. This lifts the dancers and gives them the impetus to continue dancing.

Provenance: ex-House of Ancestors, Galisteo, New Mexico, USA

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#161249

Intact and excellent with pigment wear along edges of drum heads, beater clearly showing use.