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1. Anklung

Museum number:
18-287
Culture or time period:
Javanese and Sundanese
Object class:
Angklungs
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Collection date:
1960-1962

2. Ball on a stick

Museum number:
9-9243a,b
Object class:
Balls (object genres), Carvings (visual works), Drums (membranophones), and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region
Collection date:
1965-1967

3. Bell

Museum number:
9-10827
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:
Tibet

4. Bone trumpet

Museum number:
9-10836
Object class:
Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:
Tibet

5. Bow-harp

Museum number:
5-6639
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Object class:
Arched harps
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters, width 19 centimeters, length 74 centimeters, and sound box— length 28 centimeters
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:
December 1966

6. Brass horn

Museum number:
9-10943
Culture or time period:
Indian
Object class:
Musical instruments
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 72.5 centimeters
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Collection date:
January 1970

7. Bridge blocks (13): kots

Museum number:
9-165
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Musical instruments
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
unknown

8. Bull-roarer

Museum number:
1-2679
Culture or time period:
Eastern Pomo and Northern Pomo
Object class:
Bull-roarers and Charred
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 14.3 centimeters and diameter 3.8 centimeters
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Coyote Valley, Mendocino County, California
Collection date:
1902

9. Carved bamboo head-hunting horn

Museum number:
11-37334
Culture or time period:
Asmat
Object class:
Hand horns
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Noordwest River, West Papua Province, Indonesia

10. Cymbals

Museum number:
9-11313
Culture or time period:
Indian
Object class:
Cymbals
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:
India