AFRICAN DRUMS

YORUBA Drum Catalog	YORUBA Drum Catalog	YORUBA Drum Catalog	YORUBA Drum Catalog	YORUBA Drum Catalog
BAMILEKE Drum Catalog	BAMILEKE Drum Catalog	YAKA Drum Catalog	YAKA Drum Catalog	SENUFO Drum Catalog
DAN Drum Catalog	DAN Drum Catalog	KUBA Drum Catalog	IGBO Drum Catalog	IGBO 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	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

AKAN Drum 1 SOLD	ATTIE Drum 1 SOLD	BOURE Drum 1 SOLD	KPELLE Drum 1 SOLD	CHAMBA, Drum 2 SOLD
ECOLO Drum 1 SOLD	NUPE Drum 1 SOLD	DINGA Drum 1 SOLD	TONGA Drum 1 SOLD	ZIGWA Drum 1 SOLD
TABWA Drum 1 SOLD		FANG Slit Drum 1 SOLD	YANGERE Drum 1 SOLD

YANGERE Drum 2 SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

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.