Images from The Graese Gallery Ceremony Drum, Plains Indians, Northern Plains Region, 19th century Click on images below to see larger images NMM 868.  Ceremony drum, Plains Indians, Northern Plains Region, 19th century. Split-wood, bent frame drum with two striking heads, red cloth wrapping, some black striations. Centrally located red circle with yellow border and four rays, symbolic of the four directions. Four attached feathers with plastic bead embellishments. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Pencil Sketches on Back of Drum Red Cloth Wrapping Around Circumference of Drum Side A Detail of stitching on side A Detail of handle Detail of side B Side B Split-wood, bent wooden drum frame forms an irregular circle. Such drum frames (here visible only through small holes in red cloth covering) are often held together with metal tacks. Animal skin drum heads are stretched over frame and tensioned with rawhide lacing (later reinforced with twine, on this particular example). Handle, made from a strip of twisted rawhide tied to drum-head lacing, passes through slit in cloth. Four feathers, adorned with colored glass beads, are attached to cloth covering.   Click arrow to continue Graese Gallery Tour Go to Graese Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Go to Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update:   February 28, 2007 You are the 6,682nd visitor to this page since February 22, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page