Ceremony Drum, Plains Indians, Northern Plains Region, ca. 1930 Click on images below to see larger images NMM 869.  Ceremony drum, Plains Indians, Northern Plains Region, ca. 1930. Cut-and-hollowed section of cottonwood trunk, with two striking heads; representative of the traditional method of making drums prior to the introduction of split-wood, bent frame drums. Extant bark on outer wall, though cut away from edges where drumheads touch frame. Rawhide lacings, reinforced later with twine. Profile painting of American Indian with border of alternating bear paws and arrows-in-flight, four of each symbolic of the four directions. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Additional Views of Drum Teepee painted on back Indian painted on front Handle Feathers Back repair Front repair Go to Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2007 Most recent update:   February 22, 2007 You are the 971st visitor to this page since February 22, 2007. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page