Collection place: Southwest Nigeria / Donor: LeRoy M. Law / Culture or time period: African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Carved and painted wooden rattle

Museum number:: 5-7656
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria

2. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-7636
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 25 centimeters and width 10 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

3. Fiber and nutshell rattle

Museum number:: 5-7664
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria

4. Fiber and seed rattle

Museum number:: 5-7642
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria

5. Gourd thumb piano

Museum number:: 5-7675
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria