Collection place: Central Africa / Accession year: [Missing] / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Central Africa Accession year [Missing] Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

1. Animal horn

Museum number:: 5-14360
Culture or time period:: Luba
Object class:: Horns (animal components)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

2. Cat skin

Museum number:: 5-1895c
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Musical instruments
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

3. Drum

Museum number:: 5-14965
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: diameter 39.7 centimeters and length 47.5 centimeters
Collector:: Paul Frank Ziegelmaier
Collection place:: Uganda

4. Drum

Museum number:: 5-1916
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

5. Drum

Museum number:: 5-14331
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Drums (membranophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:: height 27.3 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

6. Gong

Museum number:: 5-13879
Culture or time period:: Ba Yaka
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies and 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

7. Harp

Museum number:: 5-1896
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Harps (chordophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

8. Harp

Museum number:: 5-1895a-c
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Harps (chordophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

9. Horn

Museum number:: 5-15402
Object class:: Hand horns
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:: Central Africa

10. Instrument

Museum number:: 5-13882
Culture or time period:: Ba Kongo
Object class:: Musical instruments
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo