African Musical Instruments

This rectangular object is a thumb piano from Central Africa, commonly known as a mbira, sanza or kalimba. The instrument is comprised of a resonance chamber with a sounding hole and...

With fitted glass top, skins with leather string bindings, resting on hoofen feet. Dimensions: 23 1/2" W x 19 1/2" H Condition: There is expected and enhancing wear to skin with th...

A rare authentic vintage wooden drum from the cradle of civilization, circa 1900. You can hear the hum of ancient song in the taut skin that tops t...

A rare authentic vintage wooden drum from the cradle of civilization, circa 1900. You can hear the hum of ancient song in the taut skin that tops t...

Old African thumb piano or "sanza" from the Shona people of South Africa composed of wood, iron, shells and glass beads. From the collection of A. Naegele,...

An authentic wooden decorated drum from the Chokwe people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The top is made out of animal membrane and stitched to the wood. The drum has a cylindr...

This Ingoma drum is covered with a membrane of animal skin. The drum is cylindrical in form and the top broader than the bottom it originates from the Tuts...

African hide drum table, hand carved and painted base with leather zebra roping. A handsome side or coffee table for rooms from modern to Ethnic. The perfect...

Two African stringed instruments, similar to a small guitar, made of animal skins with gut strings. Approximately 150 years old and believed to have originated in Liberia. Both are g...

African drum standing.  

Two sets of wonderful vintage bongo-style Moroccan double ceramic drums. One large which is painted and glazed and one smaller which is undecorated and unglazed. They make great decor but they are usable and in great vintage condition. These are just fantastic! They look so good together on a shelf and if you can play them, all the better. These vintage Moroccan ceramic drums are called Tbilat. They are a percussion instrument which is similar to bongos and table. They are always a pair of decorated or undecorated pottery drums of two different sizes and the skinheads are stretched by and the drums are encased with plaited gut cords. They are of the membranophone instrument family and played by placing them on the ground between the legs. These marvellous examples are, circa 1970. We know this because we purchased them from their original owner. He was a real music buff and child of the 70’s and had many vintage musical instruments...

An old Nigerian iron gong with spiral finial. Although the gong is a type of percussion instrument used on a daily basis, a gong of this size had value be...