Drum Handle 1976.14.39

Fumi Arakawa: And what did they use them for?

Octavius Seowtewa: It’s a drum handle.

Michael Gchachu: They’re a little bigger, but I think this is a small size.

Octavius Seowtewa: I should have brought the one that I got yesterday because I already made a loop and I used zip ties to hack them together.

Fumi Arakawa: And, inside this put something and then tighten it?

Octavius Seowtewa: No, you just… See the way it it’s shaped all from to here and on the tip. Now what they probably used as a sinew or a leather strap, but they would start tying it to make this loop for the drum.

Fumi Arakawa: And they were hitting it.

Octavius Seowtewa: The handle will be here. So, they would be using this stuff. The majority of people that use of this type of handle for drum would be the medicine societies. Back