Wakan-chan-cha-gha (frame drum)

Sioux or Dakota tribe

late 19th century

Wakan-chan-cha-gha (frame drum) by Sioux or Dakota tribe

Medium

Wood, skin

Dimensions

D. 3 × Diam. 10 5/8 in. (7.6 × 27 cm)

Classification

Membranophone-double-headed / frame drum

Culture

Native American (Sioux, possibly)

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.631

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