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Beautiful Small Cochiti Pueblo Painted Handheld Drum with Handle vintage modern brooch Part of what appeals toI 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