Drum Stick

Item number E1631-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "A WOODEN DRUM STICK."Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/15 , retrieved 12-17-2019: 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. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/66: Drums made from skins of newborn caribou stretched over wood hoops and struck with a drumstick are used to accompany singing and dancing. Drumsticks used in the Western Arctic normally are long wands made from wood and are used by striking the hoop and skin simultaneously. Drumsticks used in the Central and Eastern Arctic are usually shorter and heavier, and are used by striking the hoop only.