534m4: Hourglass drum

The hourglass drum, or waisted drum, is shaped like an hourglass. Most often these drums have two heads (one on each end) which are laced on. The laces are squeezed while the drum is played to alter the tension on the drum heads and create different pitches.

• Ocm module: Hourglass drum
• In ocm module: Membranophones
• In ocm module: Musical instruments
• In modular book: Expanded ethnomusicology categories for the Outline of Cultural Materials, by Kenneth R. Hollingsworth
• In bookshelf: Anthropology

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