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Atumpan
The atumpan is the principal talking drum of the Akan people of Ghana. A "talking drum" is used to imitate African languages, often tonal, where words have different meanings depending on the pitches at which they are spoken. This is a goblet-shaped drum, where the body is made of a large barrel drum with a open tubular foot at the base, thus resembling a goblet. The skin membrane and the wooden pegs are missing from this example.
- Date:
second half of 19th century - Maker:
- Collection:
Swindon Museum & Art Gallery - Inventory number:
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Ghana - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.26 Goblet-shaped drums
- Culture:Akan
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- Decorative elements:The wooden body is carved with a fluted design.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.26 Goblet-shaped drums
- Repository:Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
- Measurements:Height: 465mm; Diameter: 275mm