Collection place: The Americas / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments / Loans: S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place The Americas Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments Loans S1977-1978 #2: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (July 27, 1977–October 6, 1977)

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-3309, described as Leather belt with deer hoof rattles used by deer dancers

Hearst Museum object titled Bull-roarer, accession 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 2-4588, described as With hoop frame. Wood handle represents long-beaked bird head with seal-like tail. Head is probably made from seal or walrus bladder and has painting of man (?) with elongated, bent arms, outstretching fingers, head and torso and arms only represented, fish painted in space between forearms.

Hearst Museum object titled Panpipe, accession number 4-4642, described as Clay pan pipe consisting of 12 tubes manufactured by the slip cast Length across mouth piece 16.7 cm.; longest tube 28.5 cm. shortest 7.8 cm. Painted in four colors. The major part of the instrument is decorated with a heavy brown slip which is crackled in spots. A wide white band extends down from the center decorated with hand-like geometric design in brown, orange, and purple. Illustrated by Kroeber and Strong, 1924, Plate 29a.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-709, described as Cocoon. Cluster of silk moth cocoons and feathers, bound with cotton twine and quills. Made with Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer.