Publication notes
What you are looking at.
Original contemporary illustrations, with their image type and purpose kept visible.
The cover composition
The asymmetrical ivory-and-bronze mask, surrounding surfaces and drum forms were generated for this project with OpenAI image generation. They are not photographs of physical objects. The mask is an invented contemporary design without a claimed cultural or historical provenance.
The design-study board
The six detail images are crops of one generated study board: sketch, silhouette, palette, ornament, material impressions and simulated lighting. Cropping and WebP conversion were used to prepare responsive editorial assets. The images are not evidence of a physical making process or material test.
The percussion still life
This original composition illustrates general instrument forms. No maker, collection, tradition or performance history is assigned to the depicted objects. An actual instrument’s sound cannot be established from this rendering.
Rights and attribution
No third-party museum photographs, logos or branded character designs are included in the image set. The publication wordmark is typeset text. External research pages have their own image and text rights; a source citation is not permission to reuse their media.
These project illustrations are not labelled public domain or assigned a Creative Commons licence. The publisher must confirm its usage rights and any proposed reuse terms before publication. Contact the verified publisher for permission rather than assuming that an image is freely reusable.