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Description

This drum stick is of the type that was and still is most common in the Central and Eastern Arctic. It is fashioned from single piece of wood, rounded at the end used for striking the drum and squared where it was grasped in the hand.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "A WOODEN DRUM STICK."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E1631-0
  • Object Type: drum stick
  • Materials: wood
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, smoothening
  • Tags: dancing

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