Ndungu

Unknown

19th century · Wood, hide, polychrome · Musical Instruments

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo ndungu is a wide spread term for this long slender drum. The drum is play in two ways: the player straddles the instrument to play the larger head and the narrow in rests in a stand or the drum may be carried over the heads of two bearers while the player stands facing the larger drum head.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Wood, hide, polychrome

Culture

probably Mayombe peoples

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889