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English: No. 9. African rattle. Wrought-iron disk with handle, to the border of which are hung iron bells. Congo 174,748

No. 10. Hupa rattle. Cloth belt, to which are attached pendants of deer hoofs, ornamented with beads. California 77, 190

No. 11. Brahman and Mohammedan anklet rattle, Hindustan. Rope of grelots or hawk bells worn by both sexes and held sacred. Put on with special religious ceremonies 92,717

No. 12. Musical bones or clappers. Used chiefly by minstrel bands in America 55,727

No. 13. Chinese clappers {clmt-pan). Three tablets of hard wood nited by a string piercing all of them 96,567

No. 14. Sheep bones strung on a cord, forming a rattle. Spain. No. 15. Block of hardwood hollowed through an incision in the side. China. No. 16. Fijian war drum (sa li). Log of wood hollowed like a canoe, orna- mented with beads inlaid. Struck with wooden club 23,949

No. 17. Tambourine made by pegging skin over a wooden hoop. American

Indian. No. 18. Hindu kettledrum (tabla). Sonorousness increased by weighting the head with a circular patch of black cement. Struck with the finger 92,726

No. 19. Japanese two-headed drum (kah ka). Head larger than the body. Different tones are produced by striking in the center or at the edge 94,954

No. 20. Chinese gong (lo) of bronze. Peculiar to the Far East, having a bossed or raised center and the rim turned back a little more than a right angle 94,850

No. 21. Chinese cymbal (po). Made of hammered bell metal in shape of

Chinese hat 94,861
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Source Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl.
Author United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C.

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