Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. finely carved game token The underside of the drawers

The underside of the drawers on this one are indeed orange

it would certainly make a fantastic picnic basket

and maybe especially

with tiny nails attaching the back of the sofa to the body

There is some unevenness to the surface coloration

Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. finely carved game token The underside of the drawersIve been admiring Pueblo drums like this for a long time, finding the colors and patterns as well as the construction completely gorgeous, so was pretty excited to find this one the other day. Though I found it in Maine, I am pretty certain it is Cochiti, from the Taos area of New Mexico, and believe it dates to to the earlyish 20th century. The body is wood (likely cottonwood I think), and the drum heads are stretched rawhide, pulled taut by sinew,