19-Painted Hand Held Historic Drum from Cochiti Pueblo [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.

Alternating sections of the body of the drum are painted orange and alternating sections left unpainted.  Sections just below the drum heads are painted white.  Arched blue lines outline the body paint.

Condition: The edges of the heads of the drum were painted black with a slight overlap of paint on the drum heads.  There is no damage to the drum. 

Provenance: From the Dana Lipsig Scarpitta collection.