Browse Items (8 total)

Morphology: Horn
Location: Papua New Guinea
Culture: Papuan
Dates: 1942-1945
Description: A giant whelk shell in mottled white and caramel color with a small hole cut into top as a mouthpiece for sounding. This instrument was collected by Dr.…

Morphology: Didgeridoo
Location: Australia
Culture: Aborigine
Dates: 1900-1984
Description: Didgeridoos were first used in Australia between 1(comma)000 and 1(comma)500 years ago. They are made of hollow wood and the longer the instrument(comma)…

Morphology: Flute
Location: Guanacaster(comma) Costa Rica
Culture: Hueter (Chichen)
Dates: 1000-1200
Description: This is an ocarina(comma) or an ancient flute-like instrument. The ocarina was first developed over 12(comma)000 years ago and is…

Morphology: Flute
Location: Mexico
Description: The ocarina is one of the oldest known musical instruments. It is fairly basic in design and can be made of many types of materials. A typical ocarina consists of a hollow vessel with up to twelve…

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…

Continent: Asia
Location: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Dates: 1900-1968
Description: The Japanese shō is an instrument that was introduced by the Chinese during the Nara period (1710 AD-794 AD). It was modeled after the Chinese sheng. Sound is…

Morphology: Transverse Flute
Location: Peru
Culture: Aymara
Dates: 20th century
Description: This is a transverse(comma) or side-blown(comma) flute with six fingerholes. This style of flute is known in the Andean Aymara language as a pitu(comma)…