Drums from Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > cylindrical-conical drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kasaï > Kasaï-oriental > Sankuru
    Culture: Lele
    Date of acquisition: 1924-07-29
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.27728
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > gobelet-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga > Tanganyika > Tanganika
    Date of acquisition: 1929-07-01
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.30974
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > conical drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga > Tanganyika
    Culture: Tabwa
    Date of acquisition: 1938-06-04
    Inventory number: MO.0.0.38212
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > gobelet-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga > Shaba
    Culture: Luba
    Date of acquisition: 1953-04-21
    Inventory number: MO.1953.24.1
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > cylindrical-conical drum
    Place of collecting: Uganda
    Date of acquisition: 1959-09-30
    Inventory number: MO.1959.38.140
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vessel drum
    Place of collecting: Chad
    Culture: Teda
    Date of acquisition: 1963-06-12
    Inventory number: MO.1963.24.199
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > cylindrical drum
    Place of collecting: Côte d'Ivoire
    Culture: Senufo
    Date of acquisition: 1965-05-31
    Inventory number: MO.1965.23.11
  • Object type: musical instrument > membranophones > vase-shaped drum
    Place of collecting: Democratic Republic of the Congo > Katanga
    Culture: Luba
    Date of acquisition: 1970-10-30
    Inventory number: MO.1970.63.1