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Daya tabla

This drum is a daya tabla, the smaller one of a pair of tabla drums (the larger being known as abaya tabla). The body is in cocoanut wood, the drum-head in hide. This is almost certainly a pair with ABDUA:24471

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:211.11 (Separate) vessel drums
  • Repository:University of Aberdeen Museums
  • Measurements:H: 270 mm; Dia: 243 mm