Beautiful Small Cochiti Pueblo Painted Handheld Drum with Handle antique reading book along with a carved spruce

along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately

what looks to be an acquisition number

I'm listing as a set of 9 (there is a 10th that is slightly damaged but I'll send it along as well)

White painted stand: 2 3/4" t

1 3/8" tall x 13/16 wide x 7/8" deep

Beautiful Small Cochiti Pueblo Painted Handheld Drum with Handle antique reading book along with a carved spruceI 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