AFRICAN DRUMS


IGBO, Slit Drum 4
20.5" high
SOLD

KUBA
Drums
Page

LUBA, Drum 1
22.5" high
$800




 Djembe
Drums 5-9





SENUFO, Drum 4
35" high, $1500

YAKA
Slit Drum 3
18.5" high
$300

YAKA
Slit Drum 13
13.5" high
$300

MAKONDE
Drum 2
16.5" high
$300


Most of these objects were originally described as if authentic.  Most were not. Those objects that have been vetted as authentic by outside experts (Christophe Rolley, Edith Mbella, Daniel Mato, Rand Ningali, Phil Warish and Ethan Rider) are labelled as such. Objects made for the market are labelled accordingly, and objects in our archives or on pages no longer on our website should be assumed to be inauthentic if not otherwise labelled.

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The drums below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

YORUBA
Drums
ALL SOLD

DAN Drum 5
2" high
SOLD

LUBA
Drum 2
SOLD

SENUFO
Drums
SOLD




IGBO
Drums
SOLD

 


MENDE
Drum 1
SOLD

SONGYE
Drum 2
SOLD

YAKA
Drums
SOLD

BOURE Drum 2
9.5" high
SOLD

African
Horns
SOLD

MADINGA Drum 1
13" high x 39" long
38 lbs.
SOLD

  MAKONDE
Drum 1
16" high
SOLD

Talking
Drum 1
26" high
SOLD

YANGERE
Drum 5
12" high x 29" wide
SOLD

ETHIOPIAN
Drum 1
16" wide
SOLD

YORUBA
Drum 12
8.75" wide
SOLD



Photographs © Hamill Gallery

DRUMS

African drums were musical instruments, ceremonial objects and means of communication. The large exhibit focuses on the traditional drums of the Yoruba, Senufo, Kuba, Chokwe, Bamileke, Igbo and other peoples, plus slit drums of the Yaka, Dan and Yangere. Other instruments, such as gongs, horns, kora, harps and mbira (thumb pianos) are also included. Most of the exhibit is visual; many pieces are not capable of being played, but some are. We also have contemporary jembe drums, talking drums and balliphones all intended for play. The drums range from everyday objects with monumental, simple forms to ornate pieces bringing status to the owner, connoting power and the honoring of ancestors. They all show the creativity and power Africans put into functional objects.

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