Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments / Loans: S1972-1973 #90: Music (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Function 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments Loans S1972-1973 #90: Music (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973)

Hearst Museum object titled Double rattle, accession number 5-3101, described as Double rattle; Oyo; dome-shaped fiber containers with gourd bottom cover; filled with pebbles; 12.5 inches high.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-1694, described as Drum; two-faced, wooden body incised design. Four wooden handles around body; diameter: 12 inches; length: 23 inches. This drum follows the traditional shape and design. It is of recent manufacture, has not been oiled long enough to acquire patination. The incised design is relatively shallw—on drums of older manufacture the incisions are deepter.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 5-2416, described as Drum; conical; 2 kins-one over base (non-sonorous), other over resonator; "w" shape lacing with thongs; 16.75 inches h; top ovate 14 inches x 12 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Fiddle and bow, accession number 5-2932a-d, described as A) Fiddle; Goge; gourd box; reptile skin head; horse hair string; red leather trim; B) Bow; M'bakan Goge; made from nail puller; horse-hair string; leather handle; C) lump of resin; Karu; D) Magic amulet; leather with geometric designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Gourd rattle with string and bead decoration, accession number 5-3112, described as Small gourd rattle; Shaka; knotted red yarn netting on outside surface.

Hearst Museum object titled Harp, accession number 5-4347, described as Harp (gandzavar) with curved wooden neck and rawhide cover for resonating box; L. 54.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Lyre, accession number 5-6641, described as bowl lyre; traditional lyre shape; top and side pieces straight solid cylindrical sticks; wood sound box with sound table of reptile skin; back covered with goat hide; skin lacing; 1 sound hole; 8 twisted gut strings.

Hearst Museum object titled Trumpet, accession number 5-346, described as Ivory Trumpet with alligator hide trimmings and rows of incised and darkened circle and dot designs; pendant flat plaited leather things; L. 80 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden flute, accession number 5-6661, described as Flute; hollowed, open-ended bamboo tube; vertical type; 4 stop; notch in rim at top; dia. 4 cm.; l. 64 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-3031, described as Cane Zither; Yom Kwo; composed of a series of cane lashed together, "strings" made from split cane; pitch controlled by wrapping varying thicknesses of fiber around "strings".