Object class: Musical instruments / Culture or time period: Western African cultures

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. Ankle rattle

Museum number:: 5-3072a,b
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Musical rattles
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

3. Ankle rattle

Museum number:: 5-3072b
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

4. Ankle rattle

Museum number:: 5-3072a
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Musical rattles
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

5. 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

6. 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

7. Bell

Museum number:: 5-3016b
Culture or time period:: Birom
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Du Village, Nigeria

8. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11710
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

9. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11714
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 23 centimeters and width 3.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

10. Bell

Museum number:: 5-13051a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1969

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