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1. Alligator

Museum number:
5-6315b
Culture or time period:
Isoko
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection place:
Emede, Nigeria
Collection date:
June, 1966

2. Amulet

Museum number:
5-2932d
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

3. Bell

Museum number:
5-15676
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 12.9 centimeters and diameter 1.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

4. Bell

Museum number:
5-15677
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
width 3.7 centimeters and length 11 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

5. Bell

Museum number:
5-3360
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:
July 1963

6. Bell

Museum number:
5-3361
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria

7. Bells

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

8. Bent wooden stick

Museum number:
5-13037
Culture or time period:
Sherbro
Object class:
Percussion beaters
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Collection date:
1884

9. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-21296
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives and Flutes (aerophones)
Maker or artist:
Eugene R. Prince
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria

10. Bow for playing stringed instrument

Museum number:
5-11819
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Musical bows
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
July 27, 1972