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Bongos

Scope note

Small single-headed drums, Afro-Cuban in origin, with conical or cylindrical hardwood shells; they generally occur in pairs joined together horizontally, one being larger in diameter than the other. Existing in tunable and nontunable versions, they are played with the bare hands.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041839

Broader Terms used

<tubular drums: single-headed>

Equivalent Terms used

bongo (drum)

Created

13yrs ago

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