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Love to Hear Percussion

Smithsonian Music

The Smithsonian celebrates both common and unusual percussion instruments along with the musicians who keep the beat.

Museum / Unit

NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 27 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 16 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Drums (membranophones) 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Decorative arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Figures (representations) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Ceramics (objects) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Clappers (percussion beaters) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Drum / Drumstick 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Gong / Beater 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Gongs 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

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Yoruba (African people) 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Himalayan peoples 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Indians of North America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Native Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term
South Asians 2 Filter by term Exclude term
African Americans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Buddhists 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1860s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1870s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
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1990s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Japan 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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Puerto Rico 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Central America 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Anthropology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Google Arts & Culture 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Cultures & Communities 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Anacostia Community Museum Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Anthropology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Percussion 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (Membranophones) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Charles Lang Freer collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

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CC0 6 Filter by term Exclude term

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E-mu SP-12 Drum Machine

Maracas

Celestial Drummer

Folio from a Divan (collected poems) by Hafiz (d.1390); recto: Prince and Princess listen to musicians; verso: text

Vibraphone, used by Lionel Hampton

Five musicians playing drums

Poster, NASA, Manned Flight Awareness

Pecten Shell Cymbals (1 Pair)

Drum and Wooden Beater

Drum With 2 Heads - Antique Temple Drum

Tambourine Drum

Patent model for a cylinder drum

Gong Of Metal With Its Drumstick (Ching)

Beater

A Pair Of Temple Drums "Kagura Toiko" (1 Pr.)

2p Talking Drums single

Wolverine Blues; Drum Improvisation

Bell

Altar bell

Siamese Xylophone (Ranat Ek.)

Snare Drum

Gourd Marimba Or Indian Xylophone

The Drummer

Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins

Tap shoes worn by Ann Miller

Bell Tower

Bomba Drum

Ritual Drum

Drummer

Bell

Conga Drum Played by Paul Hawkins

drum

Drum

Drum

Hand Drum (Thone Or T'One)

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