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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

National Museum of the American Indian 10 Filter by term Exclude term
NMNH - Anthropology Dept. 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Drums (membranophones) 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting/Drawing/Print 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Noisemakers 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound devices 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Ceremonial objects 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Clappers (percussion beaters) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Figures (representations) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

Indians of North America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Great Lakes 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Ojibwa Indians 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Woodland culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Andes 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Arctic peoples 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cherokee Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chileans 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cuna Indians 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

USA 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Canada 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Arizona 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Baker Lake (Qamanittuaq) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Central America 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chile 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Cochiti Pueblo, Cochiti Reservation 1 Filter by term Exclude term
District of Columbia 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Ecuador 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Painting/Drawing/Print 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Music and Sound 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Anthropology 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Anishinaabe [Manitoulin Island, Ontario] 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Chippewa/Ojibwa 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Eastern Band of Cherokee 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Inuit [Baker Lake/Qamani’tuaq] 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Anthropology 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Drums (Membranophones) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Ethnology 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Figure male 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Rituals (events) 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Shamanism 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Pottery 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 3 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Culture: Native Americans

Hopi Musician Playing Drum

Pecten Shell Cymbals (1 Pair)

Drum

Shaman's drum

Drum

Drum

Drum

Drum

Shaman's drum

Hawaiian Drummer

Mola : Drummer And Horseback Rider

Painting

Drummers

Poster

Them Drummers and Sangers

Print

First Drummers

Drummer figure

The Drummer Stopped the Drum Beat

Rainstick

Rainstick

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