11-Cochiti Pueblo Painted Historic Hand Held 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.

The body of the drum is painted in alternating colors of red and ochre with yellow outlining of red at the edges of the drum heads. 

Condition: The edges of the heads were painted black and show no wear from use.   There is no damage to the drum.

Provenance: From the Dana Lipsig Scarpitta collection.