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MUSIC and SOCIETY - Communication - Work -Entertainement

American Museum of Natural History

Central Park West at 79th Street - New York

http://research.amnh.org/anthropology/

Photos G.M. de  Ethnoflorence & Luc Lefebvre

HARPS: 

° Musical Bow with gourd resonator - Ngwato

° Musical bow - Bira

° Musical bow - Luba

° Stringed harp - Acoli

° Stringed harp - Yaka

° Stringed harp - mangbetu

° Harp - Acoli

ZITHERS: 

° Stick zither - Shona 

° Trough zither - Lozi

° Raft zither - Owarre

° Tube zither - Tutsi

° Tube zither - Madagascar

MUSIC and RITUAL: 

° Lyre - Gusii

° Bell in the form of a sickle - Yoruba

° Ritual trumpet - Luo

MUSIC and LITIGATION: 

° Basketry rattle - ? 

° Slit gong - Cental Congo

IDIOPHONES: 

° Rattle of hollow seeds - Lozi

° Bamboo dance rattle - Mangbetu

° Double gong - Kuba

° Sanza or "hand piano" - Azande

° Wooden clapping sticks - Bafo

° Sanza with gourd resonator - Shona

° Tortoise-shell gong 

° Wooden rattle - Upper Congo

° Balofon - Tchad

° Cocoon rattle - Tswana

° Bronze bell - Gola

° Wooden Bell - Bafo

° Basketry rattle - Mangbetu

° Gourd rattle - Zambul

° Iron bell - Kwango

MEMBRANOPHONES: 

° Pressure drum - Barawa

° Bronze figure of drummer - Mano

° Single-headed frame drum - Lozi

° Wooden drum - Mawaia

° Earthenware drum - Lake Matcumba

° Friction drum - Mayombe district

AEROPHONES: 

° Wooden trumpet - Luba

° Wooden whistle - Lele

° Reed flute - Mbuti

° Decoratef flute - Grand Bassa Liberia

° Brass horn player - Ashanti

° Ivory whistle - Pende

° Wooden whistle - Kete

° Hide-covered ivory horn - Mangbetu

° Wood and ivory horn - Ngala

° Double clarinet - Luxor Egypt

° Six gourd trupets - Logo 

° Wooden Bell - Bafo

° Hunting horn - Azande

° Ivory horn - Mangbetu

CHORDOPHONES: 

° Lyre - Logo

° Pegged zither with resonator - Mangbetu

° Bowed lute with snakeskin cover - N. Nigeria

° Bowed lute - N. Nigeria

° Earthenware drum - Lake Matcumba

° Plucked lute - Ilo