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Buffalo Hide Drums

Shamanic, Medicine, Healing, Ceremonial Drums

And the awesome Buffalo Thunder Drum

Crafted from the hide of the North American Bison.

 

   

 

  Buffalo Thunder Drum 

I call these large ones "Buffalo Thunder".  When played softly, they make a sound reminicent of distant thunder. 

 It was reported by the Lewis and Clark expedition that the passage of an indigenous bison herd made sound

 much like the sound of thunder.  And could take up to three days. 

Oftentimes, when I am playing these drums, I imagine the Spirit Bison Herd coming from the clouds in the sky. 

 


 

Frosty Morning

 

Nice Hat

 

Buffalo Thunder requires about thirty hours labor

spread out over about a two week time span

including preparation of the hides. 

I purchase the hides from packing firm here in Colorado. 

I process the hides myself. 

That is why they have more hair left on them. 

The frames are constructed of sections of redwood

cut and glued together and then sanded. 

I find the redwood to be light weight and durable. 

I use one hide each on the top and the bottom. 

The drum heads being taken from the center of the hide. 

The hide from Bison is much different than that of cattle. 

Where cattle are fairly uniform in thickness across the back,

bison have areas of differing thickness. 

This allows the drum to have different tones when played.


 

Single-sided

 

 

Double-sided

 

From the belly and the smaller hides,

I build the single-sided Shaman's Drum.

The single sided-drums work well

for the Shamanic Drumming Journey.  

These I create with thirteen sections of cedar wood

glued together and sanded. 

Thirteen is in honor of the Grandmothers.

The back is then tied with seven laces to honor the directions. 

Thirteen to seventeen inch diameter.

 

I like to make the double-sided drum

from the rump of the hide.

The extra thickness being durable  to climate change.

I use sixteen sections of wood to honor

Grandfather Sky.

Thirteen to twenty inch diameter.

 

          Price range for these drums is $70.00 to $200.00.  Depending on size,and sound.

Beater is included.         


 

Drying the hides.  The hide tightens as it dries.  This is why some drum frames warp and break.

 


No two drums are the same. 

 Each has individual characteristics. 

 I do my best to match a drum to the person it is going to.

And the climate in which they live.

Please feel free to contact me with any details to best fulfill your needs.

Custom orders are welcome.


Below is current inventory posted to web site.

 

     

Single Sided Bison Hide

16 inch by 2.75 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $140.00

Ref  #00856

 Drum head taken from side of skin.

Nice deep tone.

     


  

Single Sided Bison Hide

17 inch by 2.75 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $160.00

Ref  #00857

Drum head taken from side of skin.

Nice deep tone.

           


 

Double Sided Bison Hide

16 inch by 6 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00858

Deep Tone

 


 

Single Sided Elk Hide

16 inch by 2 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $120.00

Ref  #00881

 

 

 

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Double Sided Bison Hide

20 inch by 20 inch  frame from redwood

Two beaters included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00867

Deep Tone

With two beaters.

 

30 inch Buffalo Thunder on Redwood Frame

Price  $OLD

Ceremonial Drum

24 inches by 14 inches

Price  $OLD

Ref #  01150

Thunder Drum

30 inches by 12 inches

Price  $700.00

Ref #01153

 

 

Double Sided Bison Hide

15.5 inch by 6 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00858

Deep Tone

 

Double Sided Bison Hide

14 inch by 6 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00880

Deep Tone

 

Double Sided Bisonn Hide

15.5 inch by 6 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00726

Short hair drum heads

 

Double Sided Bisonn Hide

13.5 inch by 6 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00625

Has short hair drum heads

 

Single Sided Bisonn Hide

15 inch by 2.75 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00724

Strong and durable.

Resistant to climate change.

 

Single Sided Bisonn Hide

16 inch by 2.75 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00723

 Drum head taken from side of skin.

Nice deep tone.

 

Single Sided Bisonn Hide

17 inch by 2.75 inch  frame from western cedar

Beater included

Price  $OLD

Ref  #00722

Drum head taken from side of skin.

Nice deep tone.

 

 

 

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