Tsa Yanshtqi (basket drum)

19th century

Not on view

Coiled baskets used for musical purposes are known by several names among First Nations people in the U.S. Southwest. Inverted baskets functioned as a resonator for a rasp or, like this example, were beaten with highly perishable folded yucca leaves to accompany rituals.

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Title: Tsa Yanshtqi (basket drum)
Date: 19th century
Geography: Arizona, United States
Culture: Native American (Navaho)
Medium: willow, fiber
Dimensions: D. 3 3/4 × Diam.14 1/2 in. (9.5 × 36.8 cm)
Classification: Idiophone-Struck-vessel
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.2628
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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