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Snare drum
Maker: James Sturdevant
Date: 1858
Place Made:Waverly, Iowa, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedPainted in red inside shell: WAVERLY / IOWA / 1860 / Wm WEBER
Markingsnone
DescriptionWood shell painted dark. Wood rims painted gray with eight drilled holes in each rim through which the rope passes. Rope tension. Eight leather tugs.
DimensionsShell height (with rims): 310 mm (12-1/4 in)
Head diameter: 380 mm (15 in)
Head diameter: 380 mm (15 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesJayson Dobney, Innovations in American Snare Drums 1850-1920, MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 2003, pp. 112-113.
Object number: 00906