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Description: | Adamo bàtá, double membrane conical drum. Thje shell is carved from omo wood (Cordia milleni). The heads are of antelope hide. Each has two layers, lapped onto a concealed hoop. The outer layer of each head is cut away to form a ring around the inner skin. The larger head has a patch of black wax at its centre. The lacing runs through eight holes in each head and passes both above and below the inner hoops. The lacing is of hide with vestiges of hair present. The interlacing is secured and tensioned by cross lacing encircling the central section of the drum. The drum has a carrying strap of purple and white dyed fabric. This is tied to the lacing at the edge of each of the heads.The smaller head is played with a beater (M16a-1992) made from a piece of stiff antelope hide, which still has hair on one side and has been cut into a pointed shape. The larger head is struck by the player's right hand. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Yorùbá wood hide fur resin conical drums skin Yoruba Naming Ceremony textile copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-12889 |
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