Ngoma or baakisimba (drum)

Alternative Title

Ngoma or baakisimba.

Instrument

Ngoma

Instrument Family

Percussion

Date Made

1966

Description

Technical description: Cylindro-conical kettledrum; single wooden shell, closed at bottom by non-sonorous non-played skin; piece of gravel `soul of the drum' inside.

Other Information

General usage of type: Middle size or `Baakisimba' in Baakisimba ensemble.

Notes

P.R. Cooke, 1997.

Measurements

height 400; overall diameter 349.

Provenance

on loan to the Collection.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2076