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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	ED1999.1.52	Hosho	An African (Zimbabwean) instrument with three dark, spherical gourds attached to a stick. Seeds are in the gourds, creating a rattle when shaken.
2	ED1999.1.54	Kpoko-Kpoko	Small red wood piece with faces on either ends. Two holes, one on each end, with strings strung through it holding pieces of wood that move to make sound. ard included with object: "Handmade from a light wood, then stained. This rattle originates in the southeast part of Nigeria where it is used as a part of rituals and dances and to celebrate market days."
3	ED2019-1	Shekere	Western African Gourd Rattle. A and B. Consists of a dried gourd with beads or seeds woven into a net covering the gourd. Throughout the African continent it is called different things, such as the lilolo, axatse, and chequere. This instrument and its variations originate in west Africa, and this particular one came from Cameroon.
4	ED2019-10	Sistrum	Modern sistrum made from thin sticks, metal disks, and wire. Would be played by shaking the instrument.
5	ED2019-11	Kalimba	Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 6 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging.
6	ED2019-12	Drum	African pellet drum
7	ED2019-14	Drum	A miniature dunun drum with animal hide covering the top and the bottom of the instrument. This instrument comes from west Africa and is played by holding the handle and hitting the drumheads.
8	ED2019-17	Rattle	A & B. Nigerian cocoa bean rattles. Traditionally the Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria wear a waist belt rattle, and ankle rattle on each leg, and a rattle in each hand when they dance in ceremonies and festivals. The woven material is raffia palm fiber and the beans are the husk of the cocoa bean.
9	ED2019-180	Kalimba	Half Gourd with 5 metal thumb keys. Engraved on the front with a hole cut in the lower half. The keys rest on a raised wooeden block . There are small gashes on the back of the gourd and from on the front. Also is called mbira or thumb piano.
10	ED2019-181	Drum, Slit	A hand-carved percussion instrument commonly found in Africa and Southeast Asia. This object comes with a striker to make noise. Drum (A) and striker (B).
11	ED2019-185	Rattle	Made of cocoa beans and braided rope tied together. Beans attached to rope and dangled with untied ends. Meant to be tied and shaken by waist ankles or arms. Rough edges on cocoa beans cut in half.
12	ED2019-188	Shekere	A gourd without a stem that has a curved narrow top and a round bulbous bottom. Seeds are strung all the way around the bottom portion in a criss cross pattern to create a rattle. Throughout the African continent it is called different things, such as the lilolo, axatse, and chequere. This instrument and its variations originate in west Africa, and this particular one came from Cameroon.
13	ED2019-191	Kpoko-Kpoko	Nigerian percussion instrument. Carved faces on alternate side, X carved on opposite sides. Card included with object: "Handmade from a light wood, then stained. This rattle originates in the southeast part of Nigeria where it is used as a part of rituals and dances and to celebrate market days."
14	ED2019-194	Sistrum	African percussion instrument. Double y-shaped piece of wood, with flattened bottle caps strung on wire between the legs of the y's. Used on market days in celebrations and in dances. Made by the Kikuyu of Kenya.
15	ED2019-196	Rattle	Cocoa bean rattle- Cocoa beans strung together by braided rope. Rope is pierced through beans to connect them. Rope is tied off in knots on ends. Cocoa beans are halves, some have minor cracks on shells. Insides of some beans have unique marks, like scratches. From Nigeria
16	ED2019-2	Drum	Kenyan Batá Drum
17	ED2019-20	Rattle	A fur and animal hide covered rattle that is filled with seeds. Likely from Africa, and is cylinder shaped.
18	ED2019-7	Rattle	Cylinder, covered with animal skin. Filled with seeds so that it rattles when shaken.
19	ED2019-8	Kalimba	Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 7 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging.
20	ED2021-118	Adungu	The adungu is a harp-like instrument from east-central Africa, namely in the areas of Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This string instrument is small and dark brown with four strings and three tuning pegs (one is missing from the top). It is played by plucking the strings.
21	ED2021-154	Rattle	Nigerian cocoa bean rattles. This particular object has 12 cocoa beans attached to the tan fibers of the string. The tag with the object reads: "Traditionally the Igbo women in southeastern Nigeria wear a waist belt rattle, an ankle rattle on each leg, and a rattle in each hand when they dance in ceremonies and festivals. About 10 women will dance and play to the same beat, so the sound of the rattles cuts through any drumming. The woven material is raffia palm fiber and the beans are the husk of the cocoa bean."
22	ED2021-20	Kalimba	Also referred to as a mbira or thumb piano. Made of a gourd cut in half, covered with a wood soundboard with a sound hole cut in the center. 5 keys attached on top, meant to be played with thumbs. An animal skin string is threaded through the bottom edge for hanging.
23	ED2021-31	Rattle	Nigerian cocoa bean rattle. To be worn around the waist.
24	ED2021-93	Xylophone	A wooden, stir xylophone (A) and an accompanying mallet (B). Unlike the common, long xylophones, this version is played by swirling or bouncing the stick back and forth in the middle of the instrument. Historically, xylophones were (and still commonly are) used in Asian and African music.