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Drum Beater
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Drum Beater

Date1860-1878
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 3 in. (44.5 × 5.7 × 7.6 cm)
Object numberT0537
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceH. Henry Thomas, Wales; Mary Ann Thomas; Don Ellis, Lynden, Ontario; Larry Frank, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.347.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 374.
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Figure
Haida
c. 1825
Plate
Haida
c. 1880
Pipe Bowl
Haida
c. 1840
Drum
George Beaver
c. 1890
Pouch and Gamesticks
Haida or Tlingit
c. 1850
Bowl
c. 1780
Rattle
Tlingit, Haida, or Coast Tsimshian
1840-1870
Knife
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
c. 1850
Pipe Bowl
Anishinaabe (eastern Ojibwa)
c. 1790
Ladle
Seneca (Haudenosaunee)
c. 1760
Ladle
Wyandot (Huron)
c. 1750
Heddle
Mesquakie
c. 1850

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COOPERSTOWN NY, 13326
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