VINTAGE AFRICAN STUMPY DRUM, RARE ESTATE FIND, HANDMADE IN GHANA, AUTHENTIC

Description

THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC RARE  ESTATE FIND.  THIS CAME FROM A MAN (ORIGINALLY FROM SWITZERLAND) AND HIS WIFE WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD AND PURCHASED THIS HANDMADE DRUM WHILE TOURING AFRICA MANY YEARS AGO. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS CALLED A STUMPY DUN AND IS USUALLY ABOUT 3/4TH THE STANDARD HEIGHT BUT THAT THEY PACK A PUNCH! ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE AND DIFFERENT SIZES AS THE SIZE CHANGES THE SOUND. WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS DRUM OFFERS A GREAT SOUND IN A LIGHT WEIGHT BODY,PERFECT FOR THE BEGINNER, ROVING SHOWS AND EASY STORAGE.  THEY ARE VERY POPULAR WITH SCHOOLS AND PERFORMANCE ARTISTS. IT ISN'T EVERY DAY THAT YOU FIND ONE THAT WAS PURCHASED IN AFRICA AND IS AN ORIGINAL HAND-MADE DRUM, INSTEAD OF ONE MASS PRODUCED.  THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A GREAT FIND!
About these dunun
Country of Origin……..  Ghana
Wood……………………….  Twenaboa
Skin………………………….  RAWHIDE SKIN AT BOTH ENDS
Approximate Dimensions
8" IN DIAMETER BY 8" IN HEIGHT
Twenaboa:
a medium density timber which is quicker to carve than the hardwoods; makes for great entry level djembes with all the key sounds.
A dunun is a rope-tuned cylindrical drum with a rawhide skin at both ends, most commonly cow or goat, perfect for giving duns their powerful voices.
Balancing thickness to each drum, a good dun set will have a rich sound range across the drum sizes.
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