The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tumyaiyoo (baton)

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 681

Description

Baton carved with the totemic emblem of the sea lion and used for making time in the ceremonial dances.
References

Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments: Oceanica and America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1913, vol. II, pg. 102.
See also
What
Musical instruments (5,222)

Idiophones (1,497)

Batons (39)
Where
North and Central America (79,690)

Canada (600)
In the Museum
Musical Instruments (5,202)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States and Canada, 1800–1900 A.D.

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