Talking drum
Vernacular Name
- Kalenga
- Kalangu
- Kalungu
- Kalengo
Maker
Hausa People
Date1900-1925 ca.
Place MadeNigeria, Africa
Place MadeGuinea Forest, Africa
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionCarved wood body with incised decorative elements. Animal skin heads.
DimensionsShell height: 415 mm
Head diameter: 175 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 31.
Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, April 1979, p. 1.
American Musical Instrument Society Newsletter, February 1986, p. 15.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01251
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