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1. Banjo

Museum number:: 9-34a-c
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Banjos
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: before 1904

2. Bells

Museum number:: 5-6640
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 70 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: May 1967

3. Drum

Museum number:: 5-7633
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 48 centimeters and diameter 24 centimeters
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: ca. 1967

4. Esraj and bow

Museum number:: 9-11932a,b
Culture or time period:: Bengali people
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Esrajs
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:: Bengal (historical region)

5. Gong

Museum number:: 9-11141a,b
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Gongs
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: Striker— width 10 centimeters, Striker— length 25.3 centimeters, and Gong— diameter 19.7 centimeters
Collector:: Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:: Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Collection date:: January 1970

6. Gourd thumb piano

Museum number:: 5-7675
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Sansas (thumb pianos)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Southwest Nigeria

7. Long-necked lute

Museum number:: 9-16330
Object class:: Banjos and Floral patterns
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 60.5 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Collector:: Dudley Blanchard and Mrs. Dudley Blanchard
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: unknown

8. Musical instrument

Museum number:: 5-14904a,b
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Joan A. Knudsen
Collection place:: Edfu, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: December 1984

9. Rattle

Museum number:: 18-1492
Culture or time period:: Javanese
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: handle and head— diameter 4.4 centimeters and handle and head— length 17.5 centimeters
Collector:: Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:: Java, Indonesia

10. Violin and bow

Museum number:: 3-27924a,b
Culture or time period:: Wixáritari (Huichol)
Object class:: Musical bows and Violins
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 54 centimeters and width 24 centimeters
Collector:: Dale Archibald
Collection place:: Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico
Collection date:: 1965