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Ngoma
Cylindro-conical shaped wooden drum with haired animal skin membranes attached onto the whole body with twisted hide lacing, usually from the same skin. In these drums, only the top large membrane is played. The same hide lacing was used to create a strap. The drum has two wooden beaters.
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1990–2001 - Maker:
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Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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Uganda - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:211.272.11 Individual double-skin cylindro-conical drums, one skin used for playing
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.272.11 Individual double-skin cylindro-conical drums, one skin used for playing
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Height: 295mm; Diameter: 200mm; Length of beaters: 140mm