It existed in various sizes and was usually played by a person who at the same time played a smal flute. It head two heads and a snare on the batterhead. See also daiko . A drum used originally for communication between villages. Usually an hourglass shaped two-headed drum where the heads are laced together with thongs of gut or leather.
Examples are the donno , dun-dun and tama .
The Wolof talking drum . It is very small and is played up under the armpit. In Venezuela, it is aprox. In the Dominican Republic the flesh ring is made from half-round rattan and the head has a diameter which is less than the length of the body. The frame is made of wood, and the head is usually animal skin, very thin.