Frame drum (wewetowah)
before 1899
Object PlaceWyoming, United States
Medium/TechniqueWood, animal skin
DimensionsHeight 8 cm, diameter 26.4 cm (Height 3 1/8 in., diameter 10 3/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2242
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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ProvenanceBetween about 1884 and 1892, probably acquired in Wyoming by Emile Granier (b. 1829 - d. 1908/1909), Paris [see note]; November, 1899, sold by Granier to the United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC (cat. no. 203,787; accession no. 34,005); exchanged by the U.S. National Museum with Francis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
NOTE: The drum is inscribed with Granier's name. Emile Granier was a French-born mining engineer. The Shoshone tribe reservation included parts of the South Pass mining district in Wyoming, where he worked between 1884 and 1892. See Bruce J. Noble, "The South Pass Mining Misadventures of Emile Granier," Wyoming Annals 65, no. 4 (1993): pp. 48-61.
NOTE: The drum is inscribed with Granier's name. Emile Granier was a French-born mining engineer. The Shoshone tribe reservation included parts of the South Pass mining district in Wyoming, where he worked between 1884 and 1892. See Bruce J. Noble, "The South Pass Mining Misadventures of Emile Granier," Wyoming Annals 65, no. 4 (1993): pp. 48-61.
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