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1. Double rattle

Museum number:
5-3101
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Nigeria

2. Drum

Museum number:
5-1694
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
entire drum— length 23 inches and entire drum— diameter 12 inches
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo

3. Drum

Museum number:
5-6263a,b
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:
Zaria, Nigeria
Collection date:
1967

4. Drum

Museum number:
5-2415
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Uganda

5. Fiddle and bow

Museum number:
5-2932a-d
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Amulets, Fiddles, and Musical bows
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962

6. Gourd rattle with string and bead decoration

Museum number:
5-3112
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Rattles (indirectly struck idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Asaba, Nigeria

7. Harp

Museum number:
5-4347
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object class:
Harps (chordophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon

8. Lyre

Museum number:
5-6641
Culture or time period:
Ganda
Object class:
Bowl lyres
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
sound box— length 33 centimeters, sound box— width 25 centimeters, width 49 centimeters, sound box— height 10 centimeters, and length 60 centimeters
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:
November 1966

9. Trumpet

Museum number:
5-346
Object class:
Plaited weaving and Trumpets (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Africa

10. Wooden flute

Museum number:
5-6661
Culture or time period:
Konjo
Object class:
Flutes (aerophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:
Bwera, Uganda