Collection place: Africa / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments / Loans: S1979-1980 #57: International House (UC Berkeley) (April 11, 1980–April 14, 1980) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Double rattle, accession number 5-3101, described as Double rattle; Oyo; dome-shaped fiber containers with gourd bottom cover; filled with pebbles; 12.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7633, described as drum; cylindrical shape; vertical cords of twisted hide; double headed wood body with two cut velvet on hide strips; brass bells attached to the strips; carrying strap is cut velvet on hide. D. 24 cm. H. 48 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-7670, described as drum; flat, with pottery ring body, reed stems along edge fasten top to body. Th. 4 cm D. 29 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum with beater, accession number 5-13859a,b, described as Drum with beater; (a) drum: 2-headed hourglass style encased in twisted leather strips; leather heads each with leather-trimmed painted cloth and bronze tongueless bells (7 and 9) tied to the ends; broken leather strap embellished with 4 British West Africa coins; two 4-lobed designs incised on drum = carver's marks; h. 46 cm.; (b) beater: wood with leather-wrapped tip; l. 24.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Fiber and nutshell rattle, accession number 5-7664, described as Rattle; a woven reed waistband with numerous split nutshell suspended from the waistband itself; nutshells brown in color. Length ca 100 cm, W. including the nutshells: 7 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle with string and bead decoration, accession number 5-3112, described as Small gourd rattle; Shaka; knotted red yarn netting on outside surface.

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd thumb piano, accession number 5-7675, described as Thumb piano; a round carved wood body with eight metal thongs plucked to make sounds. Diameter 25 cm; height 8.5 cm