AFRICAN DRUMS

IGBO, Slit Drum 4 20.5" high SOLD

KUBA Drums Page

LUBA, Drum 1 22.5" high $800

Djembe Drums 5-9

SENUFO, Drum 4 35" high, $1500

YAKA Slit Drum 3 18.5" high $300

YAKA Slit Drum 13 13.5" high $300

MAKONDE Drum 2 16.5" high $300

Most of these objects were originally described as if authentic.  Most were not. Those objects that have been vetted as authentic by outside experts (Christophe Rolley, Edith Mbella, Daniel Mato, Rand Ningali, Phil Warish and Ethan Rider) are labelled as such. Objects made for the market are labelled accordingly, and objects in our archives or on pages no longer on our website should be assumed to be inauthentic if not otherwise labelled.

Also see other AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

The drums below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

YORUBA Drums ALL SOLD

DAN Drum 5 2" high SOLD

LUBA Drum 2 SOLD

SENUFO Drums SOLD

IGBO Drums SOLD

MENDE Drum 1 SOLD

SONGYE Drum 2 SOLD

YAKA Drums SOLD

BOURE Drum 2 9.5" high SOLD

African Horns SOLD

MADINGA Drum 1 13" high x 39" long 38 lbs. SOLD

MAKONDE Drum 1 16" high SOLD

Talking Drum 1 26" high SOLD

YANGERE Drum 5 12" high x 29" wide SOLD

ETHIOPIAN Drum 1 16" wide SOLD

YORUBA Drum 12 8.75" wide SOLD

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.