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Hearst Museum object titled Ball on a stick, accession number 9-9243a,b, described as Drum;w/drumstick (a)ovoid hollow decoratively carved wood; L. 25 cm.(b) long plain wood drumstick w/stuffed leather ball on end;L.39 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Banjo, accession number 9-34a-c, described as Banjo; A) sound box: oval wood with reptile heads (heads cracked); 2 metal hoops; width ca.16.5 cm; B) neck: wood, 3 tuning pegs; ivory tuning fret; ivory tailpiece; gut strings (broken); length 94 cm. C) key.

Hearst Museum object titled Banjo peg, accession number 9-35, described as Peg belonging to banjo (no.35ab).

Hearst Museum object titled Bells, accession number 5-6640, described as pellet bells; small pieces of flat metal (iron?) folded into globe shape; each has two drilled holes; strung on one piece of wood fiber in alternating row pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Bow-harp, accession number 5-6639, described as Stringed musical instrument (ennanga); half oval-shaped wood sound box covered with skin; 1 sound hole; lacquered wood tail piece insert; curved neck of lacquered wood with eight adjustable pegs and 8 banana leaf/lizard skin rings below pegs; eight strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl and music sticks, accession number 11-44101a-c, described as wooden bowl with 2 music sticks; hand carved and decorated aboriginal bowl (a) and 2 music sticks (b and c) which accompany it. bowl is oblong and narrow, roughly carved, decorated on outer surface with 5 wood-burned vertical lines, horizontal curved lines and straight lines on one end. music sticks have 2 tapered ends and wood burned designs composed of dots, curved lines and rings.

Hearst Museum object titled Broken drum, accession number 11-1278, described as Wooden drum with side grip; relife pattern. Drum head gone

Hearst Museum object titled Carved and painted wooden rattle, accession number 5-7656, described as Rattle; double type; a biconical shaped carved wood object with 2 rattle sticks in each bell-shaped end; decorated with lines of black and pink pigment. Length 20.5 cm, width 8 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Castanet, accession number 7-7857a,b, described as castanets (2 halves); decorated wood; (a) "Sorrento" and scrawled letter on one siede; (b) inlaid standing peasant woman in green, red and beige on black ground; l. each 8 cm (no longer held together).

Hearst Museum object titled Damaru, accession number 9-22066, described as This is a damaru, a small hand-held drum used in ritual and meditation practices. It is held in the right hand and the wrist is rotated back and forth so that the turquoise strikers rapidly beat the two drum skins. At the same time, the ritual bell (ghanta) is often rung by the left hand. The most typical use of these is as a musical offering to whichever deities are being addressed in the ritual. See also T-159.

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