Keywords: drums
Item 148464
Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2018 Location: Old Town Media: Deer hide, wood, acrylic paint
Item 100382
Civil War drum, Rumford, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Rumford Media: Wood, leather
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Exhibit
The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854
"They specialized in making maple drums during the Civil War for Union Regiments. Civil War drums were generally sixteen inches in diameter, smaller…"
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Music in Maine - Kimball Drum, ca. 1860
"Kimball Drum, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Written on the top of the head of this drum is, "Frank C."
Story
Powwow Music length is 64 characters.
by Chris Sockalexis
Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs
Story
Blessing of the Creatures MAINEUSA
by Marty Pottenger
Passamaquoddy "Blessing of the Creatures'' honors the creatures of Maine.