Year collected: [Missing] / Collector: Elizabeth Colson / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Year collected [Missing] Collector Elizabeth Colson Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-17023, described as Carved & painted wood and hide drum. Circular drum and pedestal is carved from a single piece of tree trunk. Drum head is of hide, fixed via wooden pegs driven into the sides of the drum 7.5cm below the upper rim. The drum pedestal is 21.5cm high by 13.0cm in diameter. It extends below the larger drum and is hollowed. The drum is 23.5cm high by 32.0cm in diameter. A carved relief band , 8-9.0cm wide surrounds the middle of the drum and is painted green, black and red. The lower band around the drum is 5-6.0 cm wide and is painted black as is the underside of the drum head. A rope for carrying the drum is attached to one side.

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle, accession number 11-45525, described as Small teardrop gourd, carved with repeating design of scallop bands separated by a dotted band. Stem is intact and seeds can be heard rattling inside of gourd.

Hearst Museum object titled Hand piano, accession number 5-17043, described as Hand piano (kankobela) constructed with a rectangular sounding box, w/ round hole in base and a small rectangular hold is the end opposite the "keys". The box is decorated with a 0.5cm, wood burned band along every edge and single, double or tripled vertical bands on each side. One side is inscribed in pencil, "Djibu Andre Basonge". Ten "keys are formed from flattened strips of metal with a slightly widened end above the sounding box. The keys are held in place by a metal band wired through small openings in the "neck". Supporting bands (one metal, one wood, caused the "keys to be slightly elevated on each end. 1957