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This Stupa is made from 11 individual components and is modelled on the three stupas (pagodas) known as Three pools reflecting the moon, from the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. In performance, the 11 components are sounded as individual percussion…

Playful, interactive and participatory public-space artworks, like the Federation Bells Carillon and Federation Handbells, are central to Hasell’s public art design practice. In shared spatial experience, they encourage people to listen to their…

This is the world’s first harmonic bell ever made. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has a two-octave set of these bells that were produced for Australia’s Centenary of Federation celebrations in 2001 by Australian Bell Pty Ltd.
The bell was cast in…

This display includes Hasell's Twist bell, 2018/19. Hasell developed the twisted bell form using 3D digital modelling software. The more ‘free-form’ acoustic properties of the twist bell expose to our ears for the first-time resonant frequencies that…

The B.Music Interactive Composition students photographed here in the Grainger Museum are participating in the Living Instruments Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration that digitally preserves and transforms instruments in the Grainger Museum…

This gallery in the Grainger Museum shows elements of the exhibition How it Plays: Innovations in Percussion. This exhibition has provided resources for The Living Instruments Project, an interdisciplinary collaboration that digitally preserves and…

DESCRIPTION: Female doll wearing ornate silk chinese costume. Pink top, purple skirt with embroidery. Elaborate beaded headdress. Size: 29 x 9 x 8cm
INSCRIPTIONS: On base "Made in China" and "4/6"
OVERVIEW: This Chinese Doll is a unique…

Still life of a Japanese bowl with peaches at its base. Painting has an ornate gold frame. The painting was acquired by Percy Grainger, and subsequently donated to the Grainger Museum for display.

The wide variety of clothing reflects the diversity of culture in the nation during the Qing Dynasty. After the Manchu-Qing rulers from the north of the great wall seized the power in China, they assert authority over the dominant native Han Chinese…

Small oval body (flat back and front) with long narrow hardwood neck. Body covered with python snakeskin on front and back with wooden veneer sides, 3 hexagonal tapered pegs. Peg box with scroll (bone string separator). No existent strings. No…