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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