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1. 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

2. Drum

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

3. 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