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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo ndungu is a wide spread term for this long slender drum. The drum is play in two ways: the player straddles the instrument to play the larger head and the narrow in rests in a stand or the drum may be carried over the heads of two bearers while the player stands facing the larger drum head.
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Title: Ndungu
Date: 19th century
Geography: Mayumba, Gabon
Culture: probably Mayombe peoples
Medium: Wood, hide, polychrome
Dimensions: L.: 248 cm.; Head diam.: 20.5 cm.; Small head diam.: 10.5 cm.
Classification: Membranophone-double-headed / conical drum
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.1468
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