Buffalo Mural Drum
Are the special laced drums developed to allow our artist a 360 degree surface to
create an endless sense of motion. This mural depicts a herd of charging buffaloes.
On the 28",32" and 36" sizes a village scene is also depicted.
Diameter x Height
20" x 18"
20" x 23"
20" x 27"
24" x 18"
28" x 18"
32" x 18"
36" x 18"
Painted Drums
For centuries, Pueblo drums have been painted with symbolic colors and designs
to bring a special unifying power to tribal ceremony. The Painted Drums Edition of
Taos Drums combines the traditional with new directions in the ancient craft of drum
making by utilizing the tri-cultural artistic resources from New Mexico area.
Historically, Native Americans used natural dyes and coloring gathered from
Mother Earth to apply designs to their drum-heads. Today, local artisans at
Taos Drums commonly use acrylics, oil or natural earth pigment to apply their designs.
However, all natural earth paints are available upon request for certain design.
Top-painted drums for hand use and wall hanging are painted in many styles and
patterns from Petroglyph and Mimbres inspired designs to to newer designs which
reflect the regional influence of the Southwest and Plains cultures.
More complex designs on the mural and story drums focus on cultural activities,
seasonal cycles and scenes of indigenous people, animals and landscapes.
Top-Painted Drums are ordered by diameter and design. First, select your
hand_drums or a log_drums. Next chose the design you want from the next list.
Diameter in 13"-15"-16"-18"-20"-21"-24"-27"-28"
Standard Art Designs
100. To be in Harmony-DH 101. Traveling-DH
102. Turning Feathers-IC 103. Prayer for the Hunt-IC
104. Dancing Kokopelli-IC 105. Eagle Moon-IC
106. Drummers-IC 107. Two Feathers-GR
108. Four Feathers-GR 109. Shadow Rider-PD
110. Running Horses-PD 111. Eagle Spirit-PD
112. Teepee-PD 113. Spirit Cave-PD
114. Bear Spirit-PD 115. Thunder Clouds-PD
116. Bear Fetish II-PD 117. Sand Painting-PD
118. Mimbres Rabbit-PD 119. Midnight Wolves-PD