AFRICAN DRUMS

MANGBETU Slit drum 103 21" high x 25" wide $1000

MUMUYE Slit drum 1 22" high $1000

YANGERE Drum 5 12" high x 29" wide $1000

YORUBA Drum Catalog

YORUBA Drum Catalog

YORUBA Drum Catalog

ATTIE Drum 1 $800

BAMILEKE Drum Catalog

YAKA Drum Catalog

SENUFO Drum Catalog

KUBA Drum Catalog

IGBO Drum Catalog

DAN Drum Catalog

CHOKWE Drum Catalog

Djembe Drum Catalog

African Talking Drum Catalog

BOURE Drum 2 9.5" high $300

MENDE Drum 1 24" high $300

LUBA Drum 1 22.5" high $800

LUBA Drum 1 21" high $800

TABWA Drum 1 16" high $300

IGBO Drum Catalog

BAMILEKE Drum Catalog

Slit Drum 1 13" high x 52" long SOLD

MADINGA Drum 1 13" high x 39" long 38 lbs., $800

MBEMBE Drum 1 19" high x 53" long 105 lbs., $1500

MBEMBE Drum 1 19" high x 53" long 105 lbs., $1500

MAKONDE Drum 1 16", $350

SONGYE Drum 2 $500

CUICA Drum 1 $150

BOWL, Drum 1 5.5" x 9.5" $100

African Mbira Catalog

African Harps Catalog

YORUBA, Gong Catalog

Animal, Drum 1 11" high x 25.5" long $600

African Horn Catalog

BAMILEKE, Gong Catalog

African Gong Catalog

African Rattles Catalog

MAKONDE, Drummer $400

Photographs © Tim Hamill

African drums were musical instruments, ceremonial objects and means of communication. The large exhibit focuses on the traditional drums of the Yoruba, Senufo, Kuba, Chokwe, Bamileke, Igbo and other peoples, plus slit drums of the Yaka, Dan and Yangere. Other instruments, such as gongs, horns, kora, harps and mbira (thumb pianos) are also included. Most of the exhibit is visual; many pieces are not capable of being played, but some are. We also have contemporary jembe drums, talking drums and balliphones all intended for play. The drums range from everyday objects with monumental, simple forms to ornate pieces bringing status to the owner, connoting power and the honoring of ancestors. They all show the creativity and power Africans put into functional objects.