Collection place: Nigeria / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15677, described as bell, iron; flattened tube with elongated carrying or hanging hook; no clapper; L 11.0 cm x 3.7 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15676, described as bell (?), iron; elongated hollow cone; L 12.9 cm x Dia 1.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-3360, described as Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Bells, accession number 5-16435a,b, described as brass divining bells, cast. base is cylindrical which ends in a point. upper half features a woman nursing a child. bell is formed by her headdress, which contains a small clapper

Hearst Museum object titled Dance rattle, accession number 5-15669, described as dance rattle; wrought iron; oval ankle opening with rattle chamber at each end of oval; 2 pr. of iron rings attached to loops outside oval; L 13.5 cm x W 13.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-13707, described as drum; standing drum, wood cylinder, 5 human figures in relief; 4 feet; head badly damaged, several pegs damaged; h. 77 cm. [Yoruba Drum. Purchased 1970, Old Curiosity Shop, L.A., $892.50 ($850.00 + $42.50 tax). For Shango: note Ose, sere: ose inside found]

Hearst Museum object titled Drum stick, accession number 5-15997, described as drum stick. used on pressure drum. straight contact area wrapped with 3-tone blue [handwritten on card: cloth] that is tied on. 1/2 way down, the stick curves and ends in a round flat-tip. resembles an [handwritten on card: ?] 32.7 cm long.

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 Rattle, accession number 5-16753, described as dance rattle. belt of rattles constructed of palm (?) frond strips folded into pyramid shapes with seeds inside; segments are attached to a double cord which fastens together at the ends. Conservation: Twine on which rattles are strung is breaking in one place.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-14324, described as rattle; gourd w/ 2 excised diamond bands, engraved band of triangles; l. 32.5 cm.