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1. Alligator

Museum number:: 5-6315b
Culture or time period:: Isoko
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Philip Peek
Collection place:: Emede, Nigeria
Collection date:: June, 1966

2. Amulet

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Bell

Museum number:: 5-3361
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria

7. 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?

8. Bent wooden stick

Museum number:: 5-13037
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Percussion beaters
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

9. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:: 15-21296
Culture or time period:: Bini Tribe
Object class:: Black-and-white negatives and Flutes (aerophones)
Maker or artist:: Eugene R. Prince
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Benin City, Nigeria

10. Bow for playing stringed instrument

Museum number:: 5-11819
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Musical bows
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

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