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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 18224
- World Region
- North America
- Region
- Southwest United States
- Country
- United States
- State/Province
- New Mexico
- County/District
- Santa Fe
- Political Location
- San Ildefonso Pueblo
- Period
- c. AD 1900
- Culture
- Pueblo
- Description
- Chorus and Drummers, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, ca. 1900. Music plays a very important role in Pueblo Indian ceremonies. The chanting of human voices and rhythmical sounds provided by drums, rattles, tinklers, and musical rasps is an integral part of the whole effect to insure the healther and well-being of the people. Although all the Pueblos know how to make drums, they often prefer to obtain new ones from the master drum makers at Taos an
- Image Categories
- Activity: Ritual/religion
- Artifact Function: Music: Percussion Instrument
- Portrait: Ethnographic
- Source Type Detail
- Museum: Museum of New Mexico
Technical Details
- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4575 x 3102
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 235
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-235/235
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"Chorus and Drummers, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, ca. 1900. Music plays a very important role in Pueblo Indian ceremonies. The chanting of human voices and rhythmical sounds provided by drums, rattles, tinklers, and musical rasps is an integral part of the whole effect to insure the healther and well-being of the people. Although all the Pueblos know how to make drums, they often prefer to obtain new ones from the master drum makers at Taos an". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-235/235. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 16, 2024.