Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Alligator, accession number 5-6315b, described as a) Drum; wood; 3-legged; two stained wood ornaments separate; drum painted orange & black; antelope skin head; raffia & split bamboo binding; diameter 28 cm; height 51 cm. b) turtle; stained wood; c) alligator; stained wood. Used for festival; not a special drum. Collected June 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-2932d, no description available.

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 Bell, accession number 5-3361, described as Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Cross-hatched design with head on one side. Height: 6.0 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 Bent wooden stick, accession number 5-13037, described as Bent wooden stick., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. 1884. 5-13037, acc no. 3198. File code: 5.4 Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: wood Context of use: Drum beater (?) Description: drum beater (?); angled piece of wood stripped of its bark; l. 26.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow for playing stringed instrument, accession number 5-11819, described as Bow for playing stringed instrument, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11819, acc no. 2879, file code 5.4. Collector: T. Lanagan. Donor: W. H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Iron bar made into bow with horsehair strings stretched between ends; leather thongs, cowrie added for string tension Context of use: for playing stringed musical instrument Description: Bow, for playing stringed musical instrument; iron bar, perforated at one end, notched at other; horsehair string cluster stretched between the two ends, secured by leather; thongs and cowrie shell added at one end to increase string tension; 52.5 cm. l.; 3 cm. w.;

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