A box drum. Note re photos: Neg. # 96-20094 shows side 1, and 96-20095 shows side 2, of this box drum's painted sides.Per Repatriation Office research, as reported in the Tlingit case report (Hollinger et al. 2005), this drum was purchased by John R. Swanton from Mrs. Robert Shadesty in Wrangell, Alaska in 1904.This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=304 , retrieved 12-30-2011: Box drum Drums sound out the heartbeat of grief, as expressed in the Killer Whale mourning song. Box drums accompany singing during funerals and at the memorial ku.éex' (memorial potlatch) ceremonies that come later. The box drum is a wide plank of red cedar, steamed and bent at the corners, with a separate top piece attached by nails. The painted design represents the Killer Whale. Box drums were traditionally suspended from the ceiling of a lineage house and played by young men; the technique is to hit the inside with fist or fingers to vary the volume and tone.Listed on page 44 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes".7 Jun 20231

FROM CARD: "BELL AND TUBE ARE OF TURNED WOOD IN TWO PIECES, ONE FITTING INSIDE THE OTHER WITH A SILVER FERRULE FOR REENFORCEMENT. TUBE HAS SEVEN FINGER HOLES AND THUMB HOLE ON OPPOSITE SIDE. THE MOUTHPIECE WHICH APPARENTLY WAS NOT WITH THE ITEM WHEN DR. HAWLEY STUDIED IT, SHOULD BE OF PALM LEAF, WITH A DOUBLE REED, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT AN OBOE-TYPE INSTRUMENT. THERE ONCE WERE EXTRA REEDS. ACCORDING TO ORIGINAL LISTING THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PAIR OF THESE BUT MUSEUM CAT. GIVES NO SUCH INDICATION."Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 128. Identified there as a Javanese-style oboe, Pi chawa.9 Jan 20181

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MUSICAL RASP MADE FROM THE GOURD CRESENTIA CUJETE; GOURD IS INCISED WITH FINE PARALLEL NOTCHES ALONG CYLINDRICAL SURFACE AND PLAYED WITH THREE-PRONGED PICK. SPECIMEN APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET LONG WITH SHARPLY CURLED STEM WHICH SERVES AS NATURAL HANDLE. DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON IN PUERTO RICO TRADITIONAL MUSIC IS PARTICULARLY ESTEEMED. CAROLERS PLAY GOURD AND TIN RASPS ALONG WITH GUITARS AND ACCORDIANS AS THEY MOVE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE. FROM CARD: "LOANED TO RENWICK 8/19/81. RETURNED 1983. ILLUS.: P.77, PL. 54A, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. GOURD RASP WITH SCRAPER (WIS-GUIRO), CA. 1850, GOURD, WOOD, METAL WIRE, COTTON STRING. 14 5/16 X 24 1/2 X 2 1/2 (36.4 X 62.2 X 6.3). "14 Jan 20252

From card: Mother-of-pearl keys. Dr. Marshall says: "A good representative items of what for generation was the focus of family and other social entertainment in Tahiti and the Society Islands-- supplanted...by the guitar (and in the 1960's by TV)."Illus. Fig. 4:1-2, p. 46 in "Accordions in Tahiti - an enigma" by Adrienne L. Kaeppler, in Traditionalism and Modernity in the Music and Dance of Oceania: Essays in Honor of Barbara B. Smith, ed. Helen Reeves Lawrence, 45-66. Sydney: University of Sydney, Oceania Monographs. It is identified there as collected in Tahiti before 1858. It was probably made in England or France and dates between 1830 and 1858. It was owned by John William Henry, a descendant of missionaries William Henry and John Muggridge Orsmond, who brought it to the U.S. in 1858.7 Jul 20211

FROM CARD: "FORMING PART OF A BAND USED IN FESTIVALS ILLUS.: P.76, PL.63, CELEBRATIONS CATALOGUE, SMITHSONIAN PRESS, 1982. 15248 LOANED TO RENWICK 7/14/81. RETURNED 1983. MARIMBA (MARIMBA DE TECOMATE), MID-19TH CENTURY. TACTIC INDIANS; GUATEMALA. WOOD, GOURDS, TWINE, NATIVE FIBER, BEESWAX. 20 X 70 X 16 (50.8 X 177.8 X 40.6) NMNH 15248, GIFT OF HENRY HAGUE. AFRICAN SLAVES BROUGHT THE IDEA OF THE GOURD MARIMBA WITH THEM TO THE NEW WORLD. GUATEMALAN INDIANS NOW ASSOCIATE THE INSTRUMENT WITH THEIR OWN ETHNIC HERITAGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE PERFORMANCE OF TWO DANCES, THE DANCE OF THE DEAD AND THE DANCE OF INVITATION. IN THESE, MASKED DANCERS RE-CREATE ANCIENT TALES OF THE TRIBAL PAST. THE MARIMBA IS ALSO USED AT FESTIVE DANCES CALLED ZARABANDAS, HELD BY RELIGIOUS OFFICIALS OF THE COMMUNITY."30 Jul 20201

Stringed musical instrument. Carved from dark wood, unpainted. Body is flat on top and rounded underneath. The lower half of the top is covered with skin (like a drum) and the upper half is open. 4 wire strings, wooden pegs. One loose wooden piece (bridge?). A cotton strap is threaded through a hole in the neck (carrying strap?). Bow is attached by a string. Bow is made from bamboo stick, with horsehair attached to each end.Collector's Note: Collected in the hills around Pokhara. Sarangi, an instrument played by the Gaines (musicians caste) is made with Khirra woods and a goat skin base. The bow is made with goat intestine unless a parachute strings are bought. Articles and photos relating to the Sarangi and Gaine may be found in National Anthropological Archives, John Hitchcock Collection, Box 13, folder "Gaine of Nepal"11 Jul 20231

From card: "Instrument made of two pieces of wood hollowed out and glued together to form a cylinder 1 5/8" long and 2 5/8" diam; single metal wire string; incised and painted in geometric designs over surface. Bow 16" long; string missing. Entered as No. 136 in Glenna's catalog: 'Apache violin, made by Dominick, given me by Lieut. (Allyn K.) Capron 7th Cav. This style is an old Apache instrument and the probable origin of the sign language name for the Apaches.'" The name Dominick is written on the fiddle.Dominick could possibly be Joseph Dominick, Chiricahua Apache, Apache name Dahahtsozhn. Dominick served in Company "L" , of the 7th Cavalry, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He died on May 17, 1898. He is buried in the Beef Creek Apache Cemetery, in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. https://apacheria.es/chiricahuas-2/22 Apr 20221