Each Drum comes with Drum Stck
This Native American drum is one of the best, truly a work of art that is not only something rare but wonderful to play and own as Native American culture item. This beautiful hand drum is a authentic Native made sweat lodge drum that uses natural buffalo hide for the drum head and lacing. This hand made drum is made by hand using strong thick durable buffalo skin rawhide, that will stand up to Humidity..

This is a high quality hand drum is perfect for sweat lodge or drum circle. This double sided buffalo rawhide drum is preferred for sweat lodge drumming because two sided drums are not affected by humidity as quickly as one sided drums or drums with thinner hides. The drum is covered with Buffalo Hide and made with a maple frame 14" x approx. 6" or 13" x 61/2 . choose Buffalo the thickest hides as possible that will up to humidity. This is a traditional double headed drum. is guaranteed to hold its tone in a sweat lodge. This is a Native American handmade Drum guaranteed to last you a lifetime. The tone of this drum may be slightly toned higher, Exactly suitable for holding the correct beat of any of the of songs in a sweat lodge. The drum beater is included and has place on Drum to attach the Drum beater.

Guaranteed to last you a lifetime.

Genuine Rawhide Drums & the Effects of Weather & Humidity
DISCLAIMER Please Note:
All of my items are handmade & many of them are truly one of a kind which means that no two are exactly alike.

Because each one of my items are handcrafted one at a time, no two are 100% identical. I consider my items as art forms made in the centuries old ways which means there may be natural variations that one might consider a flaw but are actually inherent in the making of the piece, just as they were centuries ago. My items are created exactly as they were centuries ago. We might look at a piece from centuries ago may it be a drum, war club, knife, pipe, necklace, etc & think it's not perfect but actually it is, it's the hand crafted nature & techniques that the Native Americans used & which I use today with pride, skill & confidence.

When they are first made, handmade rawhide drums are tied tightly; however, this will vary from one maker to the next. Tightness depends a great deal on the relative humidity and the temperature as well as the thickness of the hide. While a rawhide drum might be very tight in one area of the country, it could be less tight and even sound flat if the humidity is high in another part of the country. If the humidity is particularly high and the drum is outside, a normally nice sounding drum can sound rather flat.

When singers are at an outdoor powwow and have a supper break or similar period of not singing, they will quite often cover the drum with a blanket to help keep it warm. If the sun is still up, they often stand the drum on its side in the sun to help keep it tight and have at times been known to use a hair dryer to help warm it up. The Osage Tribe has a special position in their Ilonshka Dance that is known as "Drum Warmer". This is normally filled by two fellows who warm the drum before the dance in order to keep it at the right tightness, depending on the weather at the time.