Buffalo Pound Drum with opaque buffalo rawhide and buffalo fur trim. The braided sinew is tied in a manner to represent the circular motion of buffalo running within a buffalo pound, clockwise in the direction of the sun.
Drum Shield #2 with soft tanned elk hide and sinew lacing
Drum Shield with soft tanned opaque elk hide & buffalo tail
For a study of the traditional construction of the Ojibwa dance drum see Vennum, Thomas. The Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Construction. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009. (first published in 1982 by the Smithsonian Institution Press)
View of the back of a drum with cross-shaped braided sinew representing the four foundation poles of a tipi with elk rawhide and laminated maple wood frame.
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