Browse Items (11 total)

Morphology: Mouth Harp
Location: Pakistan
Culture: Baloch (Sinde)
Dates: 1925-1977
Description: This jaw harp is a morsing or morchang(comma) which is used in Carnatic music of Southern India and Pakistan. This version is made of painted iron. It…

Morphology: Harmonium
Location: India
Culture: Indian
Dates: 1900-1935
Description: Although this harmonium was bought in 1935(comma) such instruments (known as the peti or baja) were first brought to India in the mid 1800's by French…

Morphology: Tombak
Location: Iran
Culture: Persian
Dates: 1925-1969
Description: The tombak is a goblet drum considered the principal percussion instrument for Persian music. The drum is made of a single drum head covered with sheep or goat skin…

Morphology: Tom tom
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1920-1940
Description: A modified Chinese Ban gu was added to American drum sets in the mid-1920's to add new sound effects to the kit. During the early 20th century American music was…

Morphology: Bolang Gu
Location: Tibet
Culture: Tibetan
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: A bolang gu is a traditional Chinese pellet drum(comma) noisemaker(comma) and toy. A pellet drum has two heads and two pellets attached to the drum by cord.…

Morphology: Cricket Cage
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: Crickets have been kept for over 2000 years in China. These crickets serve one of two purposes: their song or for fighting. This specimen(comma) designed for…

Morphology: Dizi
Location: China
Culture: Chinese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: This dizi(comma) or hengdi(comma) is a major Chinese musical instrument. It is made of bamboo and has six finger holes(comma) plus an extra hole covered with a fine…

Morphology: Bagpipe
Location: Saudi Arabia
Culture: Arab
Description: This bagpipe-like instrument is known as the mišnice or mjeršnice. It is made of goatskin or the skin of other domesticated animals. They have been known to exist in Europe…

Morphology: Oud
Location: Syria
Culture: Arab
Dates: 1900-1968
Description: The oud is a North African and Middle Eastern instrument similar to the European lute and could date back almost 5(comma)000 years based on a cylinder seal from Uruk. The…

Morphology: Shamisen
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Dates: 1925-1968
Description: The shamisen(comma) or sangen(comma) is a traditional Japanese plucked three-string chordophone. This particular model is called a Ryukyu shamisen or sanshin…