African Drums

AFRICAN DRUMS

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YORUBA
Drum
Catalog

ATTIE
Drum 1
$800

YORUBA
Drum
Catalog

BAMILEKE
Drum
Catalog

BOURE
Drum 2
9.5", $300

CHOKWE
Drum
Catalog

Djembe
Drum
Catalog

MENDE
Drum 1
24", $300

Talking
Drum
Catalog

IGBO
Drum Catalog

BAMILEKE
Drum Catalog

Slit Drum 1
13x52", SOLD

MADINGA Drum 1
13x39", 38 lbs., $800

MBEMBE Drum 1
19x53", 105 lbs., $1500

MAKONDE
Drum 1
16", $350

SONGYE
Drum 2
$1000

CUICA
Drum 1
$150

BOWL, Drum 1
5.5" x 9.5"
$100

African
Mbira
Catalog

African
Harps
Catalog

YORUBA,
Gong
Catalog

Animal, Drum 1
11" x 25.5"
$600

African
Horn
Catalog

BAMILEKE,
Gong
Catalog

African
Gong
Catalog

African
Rattles
Catalog

MAKONDE,
Drummer
$400

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

AKAN
Drum 1
SOLD

FANG
Slit Drum 1
SOLD

TABWA
Drum 1
SOLD

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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