Joe Akquar with large walrus hide (?) drum. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1927 at Nunivak Island.

Edward Curtis title: The drummer-- Nunivak.
Original Caption: Eskimo man, wearing fur parka, with a large hand-held drum, similiar in appearance to a tambourine, made of walrus stomach or bladder.

This image is part of the Edward S. Curtis Collection at the Library of Congress. It was published in The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis. [ Seattle , Wash. ] 1907-30, Suppl . v. 20, pl. 692.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington , D.C. 20540 USA.
DIGITAL ID: ( b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a47056 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a47056

 


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