04-Cochiti Pueblo Historic Painted Drum [SOLD]

Painted and unpainted drums of all sizes are used in pueblo ceremonies. The drum suggests the thunder that comes with rain. The drum has two heads. Pueblo songs are written to start slowly and then go to a climax. At a certain point of the song, the drum is flipped over to achieve a higher beat. This lifts the dancers and gives them the impetus to continue dancing.

This drum is of the size used in many pueblo ceremonial dances.  It is painted blue and orange with white at the edges of the drum heads.  Blue lines separate the white from the painted body.

Condition: The heads were never painted but left in their original condition.   There is no damage to the drum.

Provenance: From the Dana Lipsig Scarpitta collection.