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Start Over Culture or time period Eskimo Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drum handle, accession number 2-19211, described as Made of bone. Deep notch, 2 perforations near one end. Large blue glass bead inset at one end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drum model, accession number 2-66933a,b, described as Wood. Circular frame with attached handle and 2 ply sinew cordage. Unattached circular, skin membrane.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drum model, accession number 2-2127, described as Red-stained wood hoop, gut "skin." Handle is red-stained armless wood figurine with incised eyes and crescent mouth, wood pegs inserted in slit in chest.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Gauntlets, accession number 2-6483a,b, described as Dancing gauntlets set with puffin bills and quills.
Hearst Museum object titled Pendants, accession number 2-7174, described as Bone pendants, thirteen very flat pieces, cut in shapes similar to a puffin beak; pierced at one end; some decorated with incised crosshatching and lines; held together with a sinew string.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-6470, described as Round wooden rattle with widthwise grip. Red top and bottom, white on edges.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Recataloged, accession number 7-36, described as Banjo-like single string musical instrument with soundbox. Single gut string. Carved conifer with finely pegged construction. Recataloged to 2-57692.
Hearst Museum object titled Spirit figure, accession number 2-4606, described as Standing wood anthropomorphic "spirit" figure with 2 separately carved arms, pegs inserted in longitudinal groove on torso, peg teeth in crescent-shaped mouth. Red, white pigment.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled String instrument, accession number 2-57692, described as Banjo-like single string musical instrument with soundbox. Single gut string. Carved conifer with finely pegged construction.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tambourine drum, accession number 2-15595, described as Tambourine drum with thick head.

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