EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

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List A3: Percussion Instruments of Regional Cultures Worldwide

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Concussed and Directly Struck Idiophones
(3113)Music sticks.Pipitlatyara, Australia: Australian aborigine, 1990.
(411)Ban [clappers].China, probably mid 19th century.
(412)Ban [clappers].China, possibly early 20th century.
(361)Anklung (part) [bamboo rattle]Indonesia (?), 19th century (?)
(362)Anklung (part) [bamboo rattle]Indonesia (?), 19th century (?)
(409)Talam [cup cymbals].India, probably mid 19th century.
(419)Bo [cymbal].China, probably mid 19th century.
(420)Bo [cymbals].China, probably mid 19th century.
(2065)Sagat [finger-cymbals].Southern Egypt, probably mid 20th century.
(2066)Sagat [finger-cymbals].Probably mid 20th century.
(2116)Gyilli [gourd-resonated suspension xylophone].Ghana: Lobi people (?), c 1940.
(5586)Xylophone.Africa, late 20th century.(Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection)
(1632)Xylophone.Africa, before 1925.
(1558)Kyi-zi [bell-plate].Probably Burma, probably early 20th century.
(1649)Kyi-zi [bell-plate].Probably Burma, probably early 20th century.
(4274)Tinglik.Indonesia, c 1987.
(4275)Beaters for tinklik.Indonesia, c 1987.
(1668)Gong.Burma, probably mid 20th century.
(1666)Suspension gong.Probably mid 20th century.
(1622)Gong.Burma, probably mid 20th century.
(1665)Suspension gong.Far East, late 19th century (?)
(1620)Suspension gong.Burma, late 19th century (?)
(1621)Suspension gong.Burma, late 19th century (?)
(418)Xiao-lo [resting bell].China, probably mid 19th century.
(417)Ban [woodblock].China, possibly mid 19th century.
(1527)Ogene [double bell].Nigeria: Ibo tribe, 1968.
(410)Ling or pengling [bells].China, possibly 19th century.
(3443)Cevgen [Turkish crescent].Turkey, 1994.
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Indirectly Struck and Plucked Idiophones
(1522)Sekere [gourd rattle].Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, 1967.
(2071)Gourd rattles; pair.Acooli or West Nile, Uganda: Acooli, c 1965.
(2927)Pair of gourd rattles.Uganda: Ganda people, c 1965.
(2059)Ensegu [reed box rattle].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, c 1965.
(2060)Reed box rattle.Southern Uganda: Ganda people, c 1965.
(1850)Jew's harp.Thailand, c 1980.
(5781)Jew's harp.Nepal, 2008.
(617)Jew's harp.England, probably 20th century.
(618)Jew's harp.England, probably 20th century.
(413)Lamellaphone.Sub-Saharan Africa, late 19th or early 20th century.
(1524)Gourd resonated lamellaphone.Enugu, Nigeria: Ibo tribe, 1967.
(743)Lamellaphone.Central (?) Africa, probably mid 19th century.
(2075)Box lamellaphone.Blasio Busulwa, Kampala, Uganda: Ganda people, 1967.
(2118)Lamellaphone.Zimbabwe, mid 20th century.
(3262)Lamellaphone or treble kalimba.Central Africa, early 20th century.
(3263)Treble Kalimba in G,African Musical Instruments, Roodepoort, South Africa, c 1970.
(3111)Okeme [box lamellaphone]I.K. Omara (?), Lango, Uganda, c 1955.
(1648)Turtle shell.Probably South Pacific, early 20th century.
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Membranophones
(1626)Baya.North India, c 1930.
(745)Baya [drum].North India, mid 19th century or earlier.
(2077)Ngoma [Uganda drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, 1966.
(2076)Ngoma [Uganda drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, 1966.
(3767)Ngoma [Uganda drum].Uganda, c 1980.
(2080)Ngoma [Uganda drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, 1966.
(3760)Ngoma [Uganda drum].Uganda, c 1980.
(2910)Footed drum.Central Africa, mid 20th century (?)
(1631)Footed drum.Africa, possibly mid 20th century.
(1639)Drum.China, early 20th century.
(1638)Drum.China, early 20th century.
(3571)Ngalabi [long drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people c 1980.
(2079)Ngalabi [long drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, 1966.
(2078)Ngalabi [long drum].Southern Uganda: Ganda people, c 1910.
(1635)Tanggu [barrel drum].China, c 1925.
(421)Tanggu [drum].China, 19th century.
(1625)Tabla.North India, c 1930.
(415)Tabla [drum].India.
(416)Tabla [drum].India.
(1630)Drum.Africa, early 20th century (?).
(425)Dholak [drum].N. India, probably mid 19th century.
(1629)Dholak.North India, possibly late 19th century.
(424)Dholak or Mrdangam [drum] (?).North India or South India, mid 19th century or earlier.
(1519)Bata [double drum].West Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1965.
(1518)Bata [double drum].West Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1965.
(1516)Dundin [talking drum or mother drum].Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, 1966.
(1517)Beater for talking drum.Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, 1966.
(1520)Bata [drum].Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1965.
(1521)Bata [double drum].Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1965.
(2103)Darabuka [goblet drum].Luxor district, Egypt, c 1965.
(2896)Darabukka [goblet drum].Morocco (?), late 20th century.
(2897)Darabukka [goblet drum].Egypt, late 20th century.
(414)Darabukka [drum].N. Africa, possibly mid 19th century.
(428)Bangu [flat drum].China, probably mid 19th century.
(427)Bangu [flat drum].China, probably mid 19th century.
(2068)Daf [tambourine].Egypt, c 1965.
(3640)Daf [tambourine].Egypt, mid 20th century.
(1523)Tambourine.Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1966.
(1526)Frame drum.Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, c 1966.
(1525)Frame drum.Ibadan, Nigeria, probably mid 20th century.
(426)Huaigu [lap drum].China, Han people, probably mid 19th century.
(1637)Bien-ta-ku [barrel drum]China, mid 20th century.
(1636)Bien-ta-ku [barrel drum]China, mid 20th century.
(1172)Bien-ta-ku [barrel drum]China, probably mid 20th century.
(3577)Frame drum, without shellMiyamoto Unosuke Sho-ten, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.
(3578)Beater: frame drum.Miyamoto Unosuke Sho-ten, Tokyo, Japan, 1991.
(1670)Damaru [pellet drum].India, mid 20th century.
(2301)Pellet drum.South Asia (?) (Possibly Himalayan area), early 20th century.
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Beaters and Miscellaneous Percussion-related items
(746)Wooden slat.China, possibly late 19th century.
(747)Drumsticks; pair.Possibly China, possibly 19th century.
(748)Bamboo sticks, possibly 19th century. 
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