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Talking drum or Mother drum.
Technical description: Carried on the left shoulder; intonation varied by hand and arm pressure on the tensioning thongs or by tightening the loose thong wrapped round the body of the drum. Two cloth bands each with seven clapperless brass bells sewn on are wrapped around the waist. Head diameters 225, 185.
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1966 - Maker:
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University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Ibadan/Nigeria - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.242.11-81 Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing with cord- (ribbon-) bracing
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.242.11-81 Individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, one skin used for playing with cord- (ribbon-) bracing
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:458
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18218