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Collection: Fry
Item Number: Fry0082
Category: Handle - Drum Handle
Region: Arctic
Tribe: Eskimo
Period: 1875-1900
Materials: Walrus ivory and blue Russian trade bead.
Description: Drum handle with a whale effigy inset with a blue bead, at the end. Handles like this were utilized on the tamborine style drums of the Eskimos.
Dimensions: Length 4.50 inches
Provenance:
John Molloy, New York
Exhibitions:
Lure of the Arctic, Cincinnati Art Museum, October 2007 - January 2008
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