Wrapped Drum Stick

Artist:SiouxWoodlands

Medium: Wood, rawhide

Geograhical Locations:

• Fort Snelling, Minnesota, United States
• United States

Dates:early 19th century

Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 3 x 1/2 in. (37.5 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Accession Number: 50.67.110

Catalogue Description:
Hoop drum stick that is wrapped with thin rawhide that may once have been covered with fur. The handle is a very simple carved wooden stick, slightly wider at the top and bottom and narrower at the center where it would be gripped as a handle. The drum stick may have been steamed or soaked into shape.

Brooklyn Museum