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1. Banjo

Museum number:: 9-34a-c
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Banjos
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: before 1904

2. Bone trumpet

Museum number:: 9-10836
Object class:: Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: H. M. Lissauer
Collection place:: Tibet

3. Bow-harp

Museum number:: 5-6639
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Arched harps
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 8 centimeters, sound box— length 28 centimeters, length 74 centimeters, and width 19 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: December 1966

4. Cat skin

Museum number:: 5-1895c
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Musical instruments
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

5. Damaru

Museum number:: 9-22066
Object class:: Damarus
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Production date:: 19th century
Collector:: Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:: Tibet

6. Damaru

Museum number:: 9-22050
Object class:: Damarus
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Production date:: 19th-20th century
Collector:: Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:: Tibet

7. Drone

Museum number:: 9-11830
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Chordophones (stringed instruments)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: Summer 1972

8. Drum

Museum number:: 11-915
Culture or time period:: Papuan
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: New Guinea, Melanesia

9. Drum

Museum number:: 11-916
Culture or time period:: Massim
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea

10. Drum

Museum number:: 9-18705
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: base— length 22.7 centimeters and base— diameter 9.5 centimeters
Collector:: Albert Knowles Ryerson
Collection place:: Cambodia
Collection date:: unknown