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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Slit Gong (Idoro) with a Human Torso

    Date: 
    late 19th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2010.225.1
    Culture: 
    Mbembe
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Oliphant

    Date: 
    late 15th to mid-17th century
    Medium: 

    Elephant ivory tusk and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.192
    Culture: 
    Sapi
    Period: 
    15th–17th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, goat hide, string, egg shell encrustation, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1975.121.12
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, hide, fiber, pigment, feathers, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.576
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum

    Date: 
    mid to late 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, string, and hide

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.559
    Culture: 
    Fante
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Side-Blown Trumpet with Quadruped Finial

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Elephant ivory tusk

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.548
    Culture: 
    Urhobo
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum (Igbin)

    Date: 
    early to mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and hide

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.557
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Bell with a Janus Figure, Two Male Attendants, and Serpents

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Brass

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.56
    Culture: 
    Edo, Benin Kingdom
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Bell in the Form of a Human Head

    Date: 
    13th–15th century
    Medium: 

    Copper alloy
    Alloy composition is 90-92% copper, 2,9-4,1% lead, 1,3-2,3% arsenic, 1,1-zinc, 0,6-1,1% iron. See report 511_A_2006_51_31 in files

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.31
    Period: 
    13th–15th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Side-Blown Trumpet with a Male Figure

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Ivory and aluminum

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.161
    Culture: 
    Mende
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    On view

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