Hutamba Drum

Hourglass-shaped drums of this type, have been called a hutamba drum in Limba, or a tamban in Yalunka. Such drums are usually beaten with a curved, or L-shaped, stick. Animal skin has been stretched over each end, and kept taught with fibre tension cords.

Further Information

  • Type: Musical instruments
  • Object: Hutamba Drum
  • Materials: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre, Leather, animal skin
  • Culture Group: Other, Limba, Yalunka
  • Dimensions: 185mm [H] x 110mm [D]
  • Production Date: Pre 1953
  • Associated Places: Unknown
  • Associated People: G. Smyly; P. Crampton Smyly
  • Museum: British Museum
  • Accession Number: BM:Af.1953.25.16

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