Drum
- Object Name:
- Drum
- Object ID:
- 1979.031.01 a
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Bass Drum. Pieced barrel stave construction. Exterior painted red (Spanish brown), with black painted hoops. Calf skin heads on top and bottom. Hoops secured with replaced ropes. Interior has shiny varnish finish. Vent hole on side. "1776" carved vertically on side (commemorative). Repaired and interior seams sealed with fragments of 19th-century newspapers. With one drumstick (b).
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-26 Dia-24.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Possibly originally used by Thomas Butman (1758-1843) of Enfield, NH, a drummer in the Revolutionary War. Later used by other generations of the Butman family, including William H. Butman (1865-1955) of West Lebanon, NH. The family came from Connecticut and originally settled at Crystal Lake, Enfield, NH.
The donor, Verna Wells Butman Patterson, was the niece of William H. Butman and great-great-granddaughter of Thomas Butman. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Verna B. Patterson
- Subjects:
- Drums
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