A drum used originally for communication between villages Usually an hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum where the heads are laced together with thongs of gut or leather The drum is typically held between the arm and body so that varying pressure can be applied to the thongs to alter the drums pitch, thus causing "talking " In some African languages, a change in pitch can alter the meaning of the "words "
A drum used originally for communication between villages Usually an hourglass shaped two-headed drum where the heads are laced together with thongs of gut or leather The drum is typically held between the arm and body so that varying pressure can be applied to the thongs which alter the drums pitch, thus "talking " Just as in some African languages, a change in pitch can alter the meaning of the "words "