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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Anklung, museum number 18-287, described as Bamboo musical instrument; Anklung; L. 22 in.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bell, museum number 9-8225, described as Bell, brass; gong-shaped w/double handle in shape of "serpent dragon" (MANG);8 mystic trigrams,"Big Dipper" & 12 zodiacal animals in low relief on 1 side, cloud-like design & Cassiopeia in low relief on other side; L. 19.2 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow with gourd bowl, museum number 5-6963a,b, described as Native name: Uta wa mundu mue- bow of witch doctor Musical bow w/ gourd resonator; bow-stick tapered to points w/ wire string attached; gourd half w/ burnt design; bow length: 122cm; gourd diameter half 18cm Used by witch doctors when calling and communicating w/the spirits. The half of gourd is a sound box between the wood and the wire and a bent stick w/ string (small bow) is sawed against the wire. The ear of the player is placed close to the sound box during playing. Only witch doctors used the bows Made by witch doctor
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Brass horn, museum number 9-10943, described as Horn,brass;simple construction,no valves or separate mouthpiece; Length 72.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, museum number 1-2679, described as Flat board with slight oval cross section. Charred in places. Perforated at end sawed flat, opposite end tapering to blunt point. Twisted cotton twine thru perforation, attached to cylindrical straw bundle handle.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carabao bell, museum number 18-302, described as Carabao bell; wood; blue ground with red and white outlined decoration; three wooden clappers. Width 8 1/2 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carved and painted wooden rattle, museum number 5-7656, described as Rattle; double type; a biconical shaped carved wood object with 2 rattle sticks in each bell-shaped end; decorated with lines of black and pink pigment. Length 20.5 cm, width 8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Didgeridoo or drone pipe, museum number 11-2092, described as Drone pipe (didgeridoo); eucalyptus limb hollowed by termites; ochre-painted ground with white cross-hatching. Sacred music instrument.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Double rattle, museum number 5-3101, described as Double rattle; Oyo; dome-shaped fiber containers with gourd bottom cover; filled with pebbles; 12.5 inches high.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drum, museum number 5-8784, described as Lele (Bashilele) Drum. Purchases 1964, from Agnes M. Vanderleenen, 19 Rue de Joncker, Bruxelles. $110 + $75.61 shipping.