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Water drums

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Percussion instruments known primarily in Africa and New Guinea which employ water as a resonator. The African instruments consist of a half-gourd floating upside down on water within a larger vessel; the floating gourd is struck by spoons, sticks, or the hands. The New Guinea instruments have an hourglass-shaped hollow body open at both ends, sounded by being stamped against the surface of water.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041789

Equivalent Terms used

water drum

Created

13yrs ago

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