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Keywords: Hand drums

Historical Items

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Item 148464

Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint
This record contains 3 images.

Item 104988

James E. Francis kapahse (sturgeon) drum, Indian Island, 2019

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2019 Location: Indian Island Media: Leather, acrylic
This record contains 2 images.

Item 148468

Toy drum and drumstick, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Portland Media: Metal, paper, wood
This record contains 4 images.

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… singing, whether it’s a solo singer with a hand drum or multiple people sitting and singing together around a larger drum."

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Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Stephen Longfellow found "a very pretty drum, with an eagle painted on it" that cost two dollars. However, he was not able to ship it because of the…"

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"Evolving from hand-cranked Victrolas to automatic disk changing record players, the machines eventually accommodated multiple records, and those of…"

Site Pages

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… Ernest Perry, who stands next to a chair with his drum. Eleanor Peters, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society A daguerreotype and a tintype tell…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Powwow Music
by Chris Sockalexis

Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs