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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

    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: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Slit Gong Body

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1972.121.4b
    Culture: 
    Yorùbá, Èkìti subgroup
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Drum Supported by a Female Figure (An-Def)

    Date: 
    mid-20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, paint, hide, encrustation, and fiber

    Accession Number: 
    2010.202.1
    Culture: 
    Baga, Sitem
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Rattle Leglet

    Date: 
    18th–19th century
    Medium: 

    Copper alloy

    Accession Number: 
    ILE2009.6.162
    Culture: 
    Asante
    Period: 
    18th–19th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Side Blown Horn

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

    Elephant Ivory and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2016.119.33
    Culture: 
    Mende
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Gong Beater

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

    Wood, hide, and metal

    Accession Number: 
    2011.237.12
    Culture: 
    Baule
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not 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

    Mbira or Thumb Piano

    Date: 
    20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, metal, and leather

    Accession Number: 
    2014.92.3
    Culture: 
    Luba
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Horn

    Date: 
    19th–20th century
    Medium: 

    Elephant Ivory

    Accession Number: 
    2016.119.34
    Culture: 
    Mende, Temne, Sherbro, or Krio
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Musical Instruments
    Status: 
    Not on view

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