Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed irreverent

irreverent

though am not certain

are signed and dated at bottom

made all the better by the red center stripes that have endured here and there

as it is really marvelous

Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed irreverentIve been admiring Pueblo drums like this for a long time, finding the colors and patterns as well as the construction completely gorgeous, so was pretty excited to find this one the other day. Though I found it in Maine, I am pretty certain it is Cochiti, from the Taos area of New Mexico, and believe it dates to to the earlyish 20th century. The body is wood (likely cottonwood I think), and the drum heads are stretched rawhide, pulled taut by sinew,