bought directly from the skilled craftsmen of the Artisans` Village, Dakar, Senegal

The "Talking Drum" is a West African Hourglass Drum whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone & rhythm of human speech.

The drums were traditionally used to pass detailed messages faster than a person riding a horse. The signals represent the tones of a conventional phrase & are highly poetic in character.

Recently Talking drums have been used by Rock groups such as King Crimson & in the PSP Game series Patapon the player is a god who communicates with their followers using four talking drums

 Size: height 11" / 28 cm, drum head width 5" / 12 cm

Made from African wood with fish-skin drumheads

                                  Ayan Bisi Adeleke - Master talking drummer - on YouTube

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