Drum Stick

A drum stick, or beater, used to play the Balangi. A xylophone-like musical instrument, called a balangi , or balanjii , consisting of a series of wooden tone bars or keys attached to a wooden frame with small gourd resonators underneath, played with two beaters. It is particularly associated with the Kuranko, and other ethno-linguistic groups of Mande origin, in northern Sierra Leone.

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Further Information

• Type: Musical instruments
• Object: Drum Stick
• Materials: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Kuranko
• Dimensions: 1118mm
• Production Date: Pre 1972
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Mohammad Kamara
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1972.06.02B

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