Drums from Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vase-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kasaï > Kasaï-occidental
    Culture: Kuba
    Inventory number: MO.2000.14.1
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > bi-conical drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga > Lualaba
    Culture: Tetela
    Date of acquisition: 1908-02-13
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.525
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vase-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Kwango
    Culture: Yaka
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.2490-1
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > gobelet-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kivu > Maniema
    Culture: Luba
    Date of acquisition: 1912-05-08
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.3428
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vessel drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Equateur > Cuvette centrale
    Culture: Eso
    Date of acquisition: 1912-03-07
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.7201
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > hourglass-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kasaï
    Culture: Chokwe
    Date of acquisition: 1914-05-14
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.17288
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > cylindrical-conical drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Mai-Ndombe > Lac Léopold II
    Culture: Sakata
    Date of acquisition: 1914-05-14
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.18196
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vase-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bandundu > Kwango
    Culture: Yaka
    Date of acquisition: 1922-11-03
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.26506