Toy Snare Drum: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This child’s snare drum was made by an unknown maker probably in the United States, around 1875-1900. It a brown-maroon painted wood shell, with skin heads. The hoops are made of black-painted wood with gold painted band. There are 8 sets of metal hooks with rope laced through leather ears, used for tensioning. The drum is accessioned with two black painted wood sticks.

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 1875-1899
• Object Name: drum
• Physical Description: wood (overall material)
• Physical Description: paint (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 9 in x 16 in x 16 in; 22.86 cm x 40.64 cm x 40.64 cm
• place made: United States
• ID Number: MI.76.34
• accession number: 1977.0294
• catalog number: 76.34
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.