Grandmother Earth Drum
The Heartbeat of Healing
The Grandmother Earth Drum is one of the first drums I ever made. I discovered her on the side of a West Virginia mountain, having been cut years before. After a long conversation, she agreed to return as a drum, so I started digging...
The only drum of its kind in the world.
Made from a real tree.
Made for spiritual healing...direct from Mother Earth.
Made from a real tree.
Made for spiritual healing...direct from Mother Earth.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of the most rare drums on earth, the Grandmother Earth Drum.
More than two years in the making, this Appalachian Red Oak drum was lovingly recovered from a deep forest on a mountain top where the Earth holds up the Sky in sacred union. It is a place where the red-tail hawk takes prayers to Great Spirit and returns with powerful medicine.
Mother Earth has given this gift for the benefit of the one who is ready to put self aside and to become the healer you were meant to be.
Price: $1,000 plus $200 s/h to U.S. customers. Others please inquire.
2. This drum and rabbit fur collar are many years old, though the decorations are only a year or so old. Therefore, the drum head is slightly aged with a patina. The fur is in great shape.
3. The frame is an actual tree stump hollowed out mostly by weathering and decay. I merely cleaned it out down to the remaining wood, then added several cross-members and other reinforcing to help stabilize it. The interior does not have a finish like the outside, and is still rough.
4. Given the peculiar drum head construction, the drum will often need to be "tuned" before playing. It is quite easy to do (all you need is a heat source, like a hair dryer, light bulb, or even near a fire), and I will include instructions for doing so.
5. The Grandmother Earth Drum was used in perhaps 10 ceremonies since I made it. I never had intentions of selling it, but the spiritual path is always full of surprises!
6. I will finalize shipping details with the buyer. Is it you?
More than two years in the making, this Appalachian Red Oak drum was lovingly recovered from a deep forest on a mountain top where the Earth holds up the Sky in sacred union. It is a place where the red-tail hawk takes prayers to Great Spirit and returns with powerful medicine.
Mother Earth has given this gift for the benefit of the one who is ready to put self aside and to become the healer you were meant to be.
Price: $1,000 plus $200 s/h to U.S. customers. Others please inquire.
Hear & Learn More About Grandmother In The Video, Below Left.
Additional Notes:
1. It is impossible to tell without expensive equipment whether The Grandmother Earth Drum was struck by lightning. The tie-down pegs and many decorations are made from lightning-struck wood, however.2. This drum and rabbit fur collar are many years old, though the decorations are only a year or so old. Therefore, the drum head is slightly aged with a patina. The fur is in great shape.
3. The frame is an actual tree stump hollowed out mostly by weathering and decay. I merely cleaned it out down to the remaining wood, then added several cross-members and other reinforcing to help stabilize it. The interior does not have a finish like the outside, and is still rough.
4. Given the peculiar drum head construction, the drum will often need to be "tuned" before playing. It is quite easy to do (all you need is a heat source, like a hair dryer, light bulb, or even near a fire), and I will include instructions for doing so.
5. The Grandmother Earth Drum was used in perhaps 10 ceremonies since I made it. I never had intentions of selling it, but the spiritual path is always full of surprises!
6. I will finalize shipping details with the buyer. Is it you?
Please Call Me (270/766-1469) or Email With Any Questions Or To Arrange The Purchase Of This Magnificent Drum.
The storytellers of different cultures all speak of the mystical qualities of each of the sacred directions. Some of the symbols used to tell the stories are depicted on the Grandmother Earth Drum. In certain traditions, the movement around the circle can form the path of the seeker. Like this: Move from North to West, then through the center to East to South, then to West through the center to East and return to the North, thus forming the symbol of infinity. And in the so-called "Sacred Center" or "Sovereign Center" along with All That Is? Well, of course, it is YOU!
North: The place of quickening change and resolution.
#1: Ocean turquoise and white lotus jasper
beads interlaced with suede leather triangle spacers, and tipped with
two feathers, one dark orange and one white, with multi-colored thread.
#2: Two handmade low-fire clay, painted beads with a red jasper bead in between, topped with a real Buddhist silver bead, all threaded with black round leather lacing.
#3: A hemp-wrapped wooden pendant with two picture jasper beads
#2: Two handmade low-fire clay, painted beads with a red jasper bead in between, topped with a real Buddhist silver bead, all threaded with black round leather lacing.
#3: A hemp-wrapped wooden pendant with two picture jasper beads
South: The place of abundance and surety.
#4: A cross cultural interpretation of a Buddhist prayer flag and a stylized monk (with a picture jasper bead “head”), multi-colored clay hishi (South American), a pendant made from the cross section of an apple branch (Celtic), and multi-colored threads
#5: A large wooden Polynesian bead and a small wooden bead suspended by calf leather lacing
#6: Red and picture jasper beads interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped by white and orange feathers, colored threads
#7: A thick leather “feather” shaped fan interlaced with sky blue suede leather and hemp, and a single ocean turquoise bead at the bottom
Ocean turquoise and picture jasper interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped by white and burgandy feathers, colored threads
#5: A large wooden Polynesian bead and a small wooden bead suspended by calf leather lacing
#6: Red and picture jasper beads interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped by white and orange feathers, colored threads
#7: A thick leather “feather” shaped fan interlaced with sky blue suede leather and hemp, and a single ocean turquoise bead at the bottom
Ocean turquoise and picture jasper interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped by white and burgandy feathers, colored threads
East: The place of rebirth and possibility.#8: Ocean turquoise and picture jasper interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped by white and burgandy feathers, colored threads
#9: “The Weaver of Reality,” depicting a spider made of copper and an ocean turquoise bead against a black round leather lacing web framed with old wood. Two small wooden beads and four picture jasper beads anchor the web lacing.
#9: “The Weaver of Reality,” depicting a spider made of copper and an ocean turquoise bead against a black round leather lacing web framed with old wood. Two small wooden beads and four picture jasper beads anchor the web lacing.
West: The place of passing, humility, promise.
#10: Blue clay hishi interlaced with suede leather triangles, wooden barrel beads, a red-orange feather and multi-colored thread
#11: Three glass beads, a lightning-struck cherry wood triangle, three picture jasper beads, clay hishi, wooden beads and three Buddhist silver beads all tied with multi-colored thread.
#12: White lotus and red jasper beads interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped with a red-orange feather and multi-colored thread.
#11: Three glass beads, a lightning-struck cherry wood triangle, three picture jasper beads, clay hishi, wooden beads and three Buddhist silver beads all tied with multi-colored thread.
#12: White lotus and red jasper beads interlaced with suede leather triangles tipped with a red-orange feather and multi-colored thread.
Enjoy this short (1 minute 38 second) video about Grandmother Earth Drum.
