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From Mud to Music

From Mud to Music

by the Sheldon Art Galleries’ Hartenberger World Music Collection

Exhibition Dates: November 2018 through May 2019

Location: the Lambert Gallery

The Mud to Music exhibition displayed musical instruments composed of clay and porcelain from the Sheldon Art Galleries’ Hartenberger World Music Collection. These instruments, used in all parts of the world for thousands of years, tell the story of dynamic human experiences throughout history. Instruments on display are from a wide variety of regions, including Mexico, China and France, and range in date from 100 B.C.E. through the 1980s. The instruments also vary in type and include a clay rattle from western Mexico dating to 200 B.C.E., a 19th century porcelain horn from China, and a 20th century clay ocarina, in the shape of an elephant, from Israel.

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