Beautiful Small Cochiti Pueblo Painted Handheld Drum with Handle folk art pattern with a little wear showing

with a little wear showing in a few areas on the top of the box

a facility for developmentally disabled adults

If Brancusi were to carve a whimsy

Part of what really makes this little snapshot for me is the tiny sun (a glimpse of a sign or billboard I guess) peeking out just about the roof of the motel at far right

Beautiful Small Cochiti Pueblo Painted Handheld Drum with Handle folk art pattern with a little wear showingI found a painted drum similar to this one a year or so ago and have kept a close eye out ever since as I think theyre stunningly beautiful. Though I found it in Vermont, I am certain it is Cochiti Pueblo, from the Taos area of New Mexico, and believe it dates to the earlyish 20th century. The body is wood (likely cottonwood I think), and the drum heads are stretched rawhide, pulled taut by sinew, which is still holding very tight, and it retains it