Kelyaut (frame drum)

Medium

Wood, walrus ivory, seal or whale peritoneum

Dimensions

Frame D.: 2.5 cm (1 in.); Max. Diam.: 31 cm (12-3/16 in.); Handle L.: 12.5 cm (4-15/16 in.)

Classification

Membranophone-single-headed / frame drum

Culture

Native American (Inuit, Eskimauan or Eskimo)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.592