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Hearst Museum object titled Bells, accession number 5-6640, described as pellet bells; small pieces of flat metal (iron?) folded into globe shape; each has two drilled holes; strung on one piece of wood fiber in alternating row pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow-harp, accession number 5-6639, described as Stringed musical instrument (ennanga); half oval-shaped wood sound box covered with skin; 1 sound hole; lacquered wood tail piece insert; curved neck of lacquered wood with eight adjustable pegs and 8 banana leaf/lizard skin rings below pegs; eight strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Bridge, accession number 5-6638b, described as bridge with tuning peg and strings

Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6641, described as bowl lyre; traditional lyre shape; top and side pieces straight solid cylindrical sticks; wood sound box with sound table of reptile skin; back covered with goat hide; skin lacing; 1 sound hole; 8 twisted gut strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Musical bow, accession number 5-6638c, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6637, described as rattle, box; flat rectangular shape; 2 layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6636, described as rattle, box; reed; flat rectangular shape; two layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds are contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.

Hearst Museum object titled Tube fiddle, accession number 5-6638a-c, described as plant and hide instrument, handle and string, and bow; (b) neck of unworked solid wood cylinder inserted through one end of hollow sound cylinder; wooden peg inserted in hole through other end; (a) one end of sound cylinder covered with skin, other end open; 1 string of twisted native fiber; (c) bow of stick with attached string.

Hearst Museum object titled Tube fiddle, accession number 5-6638a, no description available.