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Drum - Single HeadTiker Friction DrumCameroon Grasslands Wood, Cowie Shells, Sea Shells, hemp
This friction drum from Cameroon has a cylinder-shaped wooden shell, figuratively carved with janiform lizards in high relief. A membrane is stretched across the top with a cowrie and sea shell decorated border. In the center a stick is feed through a hole and attached to a cross bar underneath the skin head. A woven straw covering serves as a foot on the bottom side of the drum, upon which the drum rests. The sound is produced by rubbing the stick with both hands, usually wet, causing the vibrations to transfer to the drum head, producing a loud hoarse sound of indefinite pitch that some say resembles a lion's roar.
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