Object class: Idiophones (instruments that produce sound by vibrating the instruments themselves) / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

Museum number:: 5-16435a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 4.5 centimeters, length 43 centimeters, and width 6.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938?

Museum number:: 5-16343
Culture or time period:: Tsogo
Object class:: Gongs
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 44.5 centimeters, height 8.6 centimeters, and width 11 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

Museum number:: 5-16753
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 2 centimeters, height 2.3 centimeters, and length 95 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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