Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed and great in the hand--I

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

it was hand-painted with a tea pot and pillow in red and other tea ceremony accoutrements in copper and silver — nothing extraneous

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

Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. hand-printed and great in the hand--IIve 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,