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Chinese Drums - TangGu |
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Barrel shaped tanggu Chinese drum, brilliant vermilion
lacquer relief bird and lion decoration, suspended by rings on a stand 25.5" H overall x 13.5" diameter. Entwined dragons on the drum head. Stand is black. Includes the beaters. Weighs 10 pounds. The drum has a quite simple structure that is made up of the drum skin and the body. The sounds are produced when a person strikes or laps on the skins. In China, there are many kinds of drums: the yaogu (indicating the drums tied to the waist, with gu meaning drum), dagu, huapengu, tonggu, and yaogu |
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