Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Function: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-6329, described as Bronze temple bell;flat,oblong handle ending in disc surrounded by 5bells;silk plaited cord through hole at base of handle; L.24 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 9-12854, described as drum; double headed barrel-shaped drum; skin heads extend over the sides and are held in palce by headed wood pegs; plaited bamboo flat band below one set of pegs; on sides of drum are 2 enncircling bands of diamonds on elaboratly carved-out ground; rope carrying cord attached to iron hoop and to one drumhead extension; h. 61 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-37788a,b, described as flute, sacred, and flute ornament; flute is long bamboo shaft decorated at five places on length with plaited rattan; badly cracked; ornament is carved wood in shape of bird, blackened by charring; a) flute, b) ornament; played ritually in the haus tamabrah; played in pairs, with alternating tones; this specimen is half of a pair, of which the other half is 11-37789ab

Hearst Museum object titled Flute, accession number 11-37789a,b, described as flute, sacred, and flute ornament; flute is long bamboo shaft decorated at four places on length with plaited rattan; cassowary feathers worked into rattan binding at one end; ornament is carved wood in shape of bird; flute is cracked; a) flute, b) ornament; played ritually in the haus tamabrah; played in pairs, with alternating tones; this specimen is half of a pair, of which the other half is 11-37788ab

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-57886, described as Made of mussel shell covered with twined basketry; varicolored encircling zigzag bands on straw-colored ground; cedar bark and Xerophyllum tenax in spiral lattice binding.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6637, described as rattle, box; flat rectangular shape; 2 layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 2-14252a,b, described as Mussel shell rattle completely enclosed in twined basketry; purple, red, yellow bands on straw-colored material.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 5-6636, described as rattle, box; reed; flat rectangular shape; two layers of grass stems separated by sticks and bound together with 3 rows of 2-strand wound lattice binding weave in raffia strands. seeds are contained inside; border of twill plaited palm leaf matting sewn around periphery.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 5-4335a,b, described as Conical rattles (Gofshgotshe'e) of twined cordage; stitched to base of round section of calabash; pair connected by cord; height each circa 12.5 cm. Made and used by women and girls for dances at festivals, hudok, funerals, etc. to give the dancers their cadence; held in hands or fastened below knee. Collected 8/2/1964.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattles, accession number 5-4336a,b, described as Conical rattles (Gofshgotshe'e) of twined cordage; stitched to base of round section of calabash; disconnected pair; height each circa 8.5 cm. Made and used by women and girls for dances at festivals, hudok, funerals, etc. to give the dancers their cadence; held in hands or fastened below knee. Collected 8/2/1964.