Plan Your Visit       Hours & Directions       About Peterborough       Teachers       Lesson Plans       Booking Tours       Contact Things to See       Explore the Museum       Our Artists       Our Performers       Community Showcase       Instrument Collection       For Kids       Gift Shop       Library       Please Touch       Resources       Slide Show Things to Do       Calendar       Upcoming Events       Dance       Galleries       Workshops       E-News Signup       What's New? About the Museum       Description       Dreamer & Founder       Mission       Membership       History       Board & Staff       Job Opportunities       From the Director Home		Our Instrument Collection Our collection is divided into several categories: Aerophones | Chordophones | Idiophones | Idiophones continued | Membranophones Idiophones continued... Pu-ili Sticks Pu-ili Sticks Origin - Hawaii How to play it: Shake them like a rattle, hit them together, or play them against your body. They create an insect-like buzzing sound. These rhythm sticks are used by dancers and in hula orchestras. Rhythm Sticks Rhythm Sticks Origin - Tribal, World Wide Some Rhythm Sticks have beautiful carved designs on them. Some tell a story of mythic beings who wandered the land.   Click button to hear the instrument Singing Bowl/Temple Bowl Singing Bowl/Temple Bowl Origin - Tibet You play a Singing Bowl by rubbing a stick around the rim. Temple Bowls, made of seven hammered metals accompany Buddhist chants, Confucian hymns & vibrational healing. "...If we trust the true and sure words written in Indian leaves, we will hear all past and future in one stroke of the temple bell."        —Li Shange-Yin (A.D. 812-858)1 Maracas Maracas Origin - Americas Each pair of Maracas has a low- and high-pitched Maraca. The basic playing technique of Maracas has rolls that start from behind the persons back and are whipped to the front. Hawaiian Shakers Hawaiian Shakers Origin - Hawaii   Click button to hear the instrument Shakers Other Shakers Rainstick Rainstick Origin - South America There is a Chilean legend that rainsticks were created to remind the spirits that rain was needed. Rainsticks are made out of cactus, woven baskets, gourds, hollowed trees, or bamboo. They all have nails or thorns driven through them, filled with seeds, shells, lava pebbles, or stones. When you flip the tube, the pieces go flying down, creating a magical sound of rain. Steel Drum Steel Drum Origin - Trinidad and Tobago People started to play trash can lids, milk cans, or dustpans that they wore around their necks. Someone then discovered that if you hammer the homemade metal instruments, making hills and valleys, they would produce clear and distinct pitches. All kids love to play pots and pans! Tibetan Finger Cymbals Tibetan Finger Cymbals Origin - Tibet These finger cymbals have the Tibetan mantra "Om Mane Padme Hum" written on them. This mantra means "Praise to the Jewel in the Lotus," and is commonly used in traditional Buddhist prayer and mediation.   Click button to hear the instrument Tibetan Horn Tibetan Horn Origin - Tibet The Tibetan Horn is used in Buddhist rituals. You play it like a trumpet with floppy lips. Blow hard! It telescopes for easy carrying. Vajra Bell Vajra Bell Origin - Tibet This bell is used in Buddhist rituals. The Vajra Bell symbolizes female essence. Curved Teak Xylophone Curved Teak Xylophone Origin - Thailand   Click button to hear the instrument Gamelan Metallophone Gamelan Metallophone Origin - Indonesia Some Gamelans Xylophones are made out of bamboo, iron, aluminum and even bronze. A Gamelan is a group of tuned percussion including, gongs, cymbals, drums, xylophones, and metallophones. T'rung Bamboo Xylophone T'rung Bamboo Xylophone Origin - Vietnam, Central Highlands Played with two double ended mallets. Four notes can be sounded at once. Often simulates a rainstorm from gentle drops to fierce downpour.   Click button to hear the instrument Xylophone Xylophone Origin - Indonesia   Click button to hear the instrument Water Buffalo Bell Water Buffalo Bell Origin - Thailand To see and hear more of the collection, click on a category below: Aerophones | Chordophones | Idiophones | Idiophones continued | Membranophones When children are raised with respect and curiosity towards other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war. Plan Your Visit | Things to See | Things to Do | About the Museum | Home | Contact 26 Main Street ~ Peterborough, New Hampshire ~ 03458 Southern New Hampshire's Year Round Arts Community 603.924.4555 © 2007 Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center. All rights reserved. Top