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Name: Atumpan

Alternate Name(s): Atukpani, Atungblan

Geographic Region: Africa

Country of origin: Ghana

Climatic type: Mainly tropical.

Classification: Membranophone

Material:

• Wood
• Skin (goat)

Ensembles:

• Ghana: Ashanti drumming

Author: Isaac P. Hirt-Manheimer
           

Related Web Sites:

• BBC-Music/Features - Echoes of Africa, Atumpan

Last Modified: 05-May-2005