Accession number: Acc.4739 / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Bells

Museum number:: 5-16435a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters, length 43 centimeters, and height 4.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938?

2. Drum

Museum number:: 5-16419
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 3.5 centimeters and height 22.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965

3. Gong

Museum number:: 5-16343
Culture or time period:: Tsogo
Object class:: Gongs
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 11 centimeters, length 44.5 centimeters, and height 8.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of the Congo

4. Rattle

Museum number:: 5-16753
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 2.3 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, and length 95 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Rattle

Museum number:: 5-16729
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 24 centimeters and width 8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

6. Rattle

Museum number:: 5-16730
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 45 centimeters and width 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

7. Rattle fragment

Museum number:: 5-16755a-ff
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 38.8 centimeters, minimum length— length 1.7 centimeters, height 2.5 centimeters, and width 2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Rattle fragment

Museum number:: 5-16754a-s
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 2.5 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, minimum length— length 13 centimeters, and length 51 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria