Rawhide Drum, between 1930-1939

File

Identifier: B356.01.0002.00001

Staff Only

Dates

between 1930-1939

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Majority of collection is in English but there are items written in Yiddish as well.

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Primarily English, but also Yiddish and German

Extent

1 Items : Made of wood with leather stretched over the top and bottom. There are leather straps that hold the leather in place. There is a design on the top of the drum which is painted green. There is a Indian style design painted in the center of a red circle with and four feather designs on the outside of the circle. The wood body also have southwestern designs. ; Diameter of 21 centimeters on the top and bottom of the drum. The middle of the drum has a circumference of 76 centimeters around the middle of the drum. The height of the drum is 31 centimeters.

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection includes papers, records, correspondence, photographs, photograph albums, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, framed photographs, documents, quilts and needlework, Vaudeville costumes and instruments, books, and record albums.