Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Beater, accession number 11-37686, described as beater, carved wood, for log slit gong; gradually tapering shaft, enlarged at handle end

Hearst Museum object titled Carved wood object, accession number 5-8598, described as Drum frame (incomplete); curved carved wood w/standing anthropomorphic figures; old termite damage; height 24.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37845, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red and yellow ochre on bird’s heads; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37847, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; beaks broken off; ochre; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37846, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red ochre on bird’s heads; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.

Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37844, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end carved to represent two parrot heads; red ochre on bird’s heads; used by men to examine the progress of growth of their long yams in the special sacred yam gardens.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-38395, described as Hourglass-shaped drum with one lizard-skin head; rattan hoop affixed; intricate carving on drum and handle

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 11-39100, described as Hour-glass-shaped drum of hollowed tree trunk; carved wood handle; Pyroengraved, “Manus Island”

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-10997, described as Slit drum, Africa, Upper Zaire, Opala Zone, Galukudi village, Gakoko Collectivity. December, 1988. 5-10997, acc no. 4386, orig. no. 24 file code 5.4. Collector: Dan Stuhlmueller. Williams. Donor: Dan Stuhlmueller. Materials, techniques: Handcarved wood, pigments, fiber. Context of use: Musical instrument. Description: Slit drum, wood, handcarved; keystone shaped (longer at top than bottom), thicker at bottom than top; one end painted red & white; two painted parallel grooves at edge of both sides; one side damaged and indigenously repaired; rope carrying handle near top at unpainted end; H ca 67.5 cm X L (at top) 139.5 cm X W (at bottom) 33.5 cm.