07-Cochiti Pueblo Painted Historic Drum with Beater [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.

The drum is painted blue with red at the edges of the drum heads and a circle of white below the red.  The drumstick is included with the drum.

Condition: The heads were painted black and most of the original black is still as it was.   There is no damage to the drum.

Provenance: From the Dana Lipsig Scarpitta collection.