Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed as it is really marvelous

as it is really marvelous

and great in the hand--I would probably hang it on the wall (probably via a couple of tiny nails between the teeth) or simply set it on a tray with a few other lovely and interesting things

Signed at lower right but I can't quite make out the name

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

The box measures 2 5/8" cubed and features a slide top and finger jointed corners

Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed as it is really marvelousIve 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,