American Tribal Indian Knowledge Helpful Toy Drum with beaded animal foot symbols claw bird Help ID

Discussion in 'Tribal Art' started by Mugzinnys, Jun 27, 2019.

  1. Mugzinnys

    Mugzinnys Well-Known Member

    To me a person with very little knowledge of american Indian Tribes this looks like a toy drum. I could be wrong.
    I would like to know the tribe and what the symbols mean?
    3 5/8" tall
    7 5/8" diameter
    The animal foot which I take to mean good luck is about 2" long
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    The footprint is bear paw/claw.
     
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  3. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    and that's why i don't do drums anymore.....they are just too unreliable for the long term..
    yes...not a toy , but a gift shop item.....that now has no value......
     
  4. Taupou

    Taupou Well-Known Member

    The only thing "authentic" about this is the tiny remnant of a Zuni key fob, that someone tied onto the dime store drum. They were usually beaded over a rabbit's foot. (Which didn't prove very lucky for the rabbit in question.)

    So this type of use of Native American symbols, like American names, to reference a line from Pulp Fiction, "don't mean s**t." The meanings are usually invented in order to sell a souvenir to gullible tourists, who have come to expect a universal meaning behind every design or pattern on Native American Indian-themed art.
     
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  5. Mugzinnys

    Mugzinnys Well-Known Member

    Thanks for all your help and input the rabbit foot is cute. The rest will be discarded.

    My spell check stopped working a few weeks ago. Back to the dictionary.
     
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