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American Indian Music

Across the Americas there are many different Native cultures, each with unique musical traditions. The National Museum of the American Indian and other branches of the Smithsonian include music and sound–related objects from many of these cultures in their collections.

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  • Rasp and rhythm stick/time keeping stick
  • Flute
  • Raven rattle with human, kingfisher, and hawk designs
  • Musical-Instrument
  • Rattle
  • Shaman's rattle with frog and beaver designs
  • Huhuwa (Cross-legged kachina) rattle
  • Rattle
  • Whistle
  • Bell with deer finial
  • Engraving of Native American Rattles
  • Violin
  • Water drum and drumstick
  • Drum
  • Flute
  • Hand drum and drumstick
  • Drum and drumstick
  • Hand drum
  • Whistle in the form of a tillandsia plant (Spanish moss)
  • Whistle used during the Tluukwaana (winter wolf ritual)
  • Rattle
  • Rattle
  • Violin and bow
  • Shaman's drum

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