Collection place: Western Africa / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Western Africa Collector William Russell Bascom Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

1. Bell

Museum number:: 5-15676
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 12.9 centimeters and diameter 1.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

2. Bell

Museum number:: 5-15677
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: width 3.7 centimeters and length 11 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Bell

Museum number:: 5-3360
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria
Collection date:: July 1963

4. Bells

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

5. Dance rattle

Museum number:: 5-15669
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 13.5 centimeters and width 13.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950

6. Drum

Museum number:: 5-5363
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 93 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: Summer 1965

7. Drum

Museum number:: 5-5323
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: height 78 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: Summer 1965

8. Drum

Museum number:: 5-13707
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

9. Drum

Museum number:: 5-10281a
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

10. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-10281a,b
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: (a)— 42 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944