DepartmentLatin America

Corpus Christi drum

NamePainted Hide Drum

CultureQuichua

Datec. 1970

Place madeCotopaxi, Ecuador, South America

MediumWood, hide, paint

Dimensions7 × 13 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (17.78 × 34.2901 × 29.2101 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2113

Object numberA.1995.93.2113

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionPainted hide drum with image of a Corpus christi dancer, other masked figures, and animals. It is multi-colored; materials are hide, wood, paint; object is bent, dried, stretched, painted.

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