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Ndungu

19th century

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati, United States

Artisans carved the bodies of these long, cylindrical, double-headed drums from logs and punctuated their surfaces with banded and geometric decoration. Drummers play the ndungu while it is in a horizontal position, at judicial hearings, to summon people to war, or to salute leaders.

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  • Title: Ndungu
  • Date Created: 19th century
  • Location Created: Central Africa
  • Credit Line: Gift of William. H. Doane
  • Accession Number: 1914.319, 1914.318
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