The other special exhibit at the National Museum of Anthropology is called "Musical Instruments from Mexico and the World". It contains 358 instruments from the collection of Mexican ethnomusicologist Juan Guillermo Contreras Arias.
Here are a few of the instruments in the exhibit...
From Mexico, a "tlalpanhuéhuetl", an Aztec style drum carved from the trunk of a tree
A native American drum from Canada
An intricately carved drum from China
This Mexican drum bears the national emblem of the eagle and the serpent.
A drum from West Africa
A drum from Colombia
A military cornet from Mexico
Not all bagpipes are from Scotland. This one is from Cataluña in Spain.
A dragon horn from Tibet
This horn from Ecuador is made from a plastic hose covered with yarn.
Mexican horns made from the stalks of agave plants.
A "zampoña", a pan pipe from the Andean regions of South America
Zithers from Austria
A 17th century lyre from Arabia
A "kayagum", a type of zither from Korea
A Mexican marimba
An 18th or 19th century piano from Germany
Banjos from France
A German mandolin
A 19th century balalaika from Russia
A collection of different kinds of guitars from Mexico and Spain
From Mexico, a turtle shell and deer antlers used as a drum
These rattle-like instruments are worn by the Yaqui tribe of northern Mexico on their ankles when they perform their traditional deer dance. They are made from dried butterfly cocoons and filled with small stones.
Two 19th century wooden rain sticks from Mexico
They are filled with small stones, and thorns are hammered into the wood.
When the sticks are turned, it simulates the sound of rain.
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