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1. 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

2. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-15671
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry), Drumsticks (percussion beaters), and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 7.5 centimeters and length 9 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Drum

Museum number:: 5-6261a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Zaria, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1967

4. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-10281a,b
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: (a)— 42 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

5. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-11479a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria

6. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-11481a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Nigeria

7. Drum and drumstick

Museum number:: 5-3077a,b
Culture or time period:: Jarawa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Uloro (near Tilden Fulani), Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

8. Drum, drumstick

Museum number:: 5-3078a,b
Culture or time period:: Jarawa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Uloro (near Tilden Fulani), Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

9. Drum, drumstick

Museum number:: 5-2930a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962

10. Drumstick

Museum number:: 5-3209
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Drumsticks (percussion beaters)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 30.8 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963