Brass and Silver Doumbeks
Hand Drums

Doumbeks:
Goblet shape drum mainly from the Mid East made of a variety of materials.
The doumbek gets its name from the two basic sounds it produces --
the deep, low-pitched "doom" and the crisp high-pitched "tek".
These drums are favorites among belly dancers
and have a great "snappy" tone when played with the fingers.

Hand Drums:
Drummakers believe their drums have life.
To nurture that life, they must be played,
and when they are played
they become powerful instruments of healing and expression.

Doumbeks: Lg - 60 coins. Sm - 40 coins. Specify Brass or Silver.
Hand Drums: Lg conga size - 50 coins. Small bongo size 20 coins.

Egyptian Doumbek

The construction is among the very best that comes from Egypt,
with a thick, heavy-duty clay shell hand-shaped and perfectly smooth and symmetrical.
The skin is the highest grade fishskin that has been
expertly attached and tuned to the ideal tension.
The drum's finish is a durable coating of enamel inside and out for extra strength.

Egyptian Doumbek: Lg 50 coins. Sm 40 coins.

Frame Drums/Tambourines

Frame Drums are drums made so that their head diameter
is greater than the depth of their body;
in other words, all drums that look like tambourine
with or without jingles or cymbals.
Frame made of wood;
many kinds of skins: goat, calf, fish, cow, deer.

Frame drums ( with covering ): Plain 20 coins. Design 25 coins.
Tambourines ( without drum head ): 15 coins.
See accessory page for decorative ribbons.

Tongue Drums/Tone Boxes

Tongue Drums produce a melodic sound by means of resonating tongues,
amplified by the sound box.
The drums are made from carefully selected local pine and cherry woods,
holding the most consistent resonance.
Cherry, long favoured by paddle makers for its strength and flexibility,
gives a warm, rich sound that is pleasant to the ear.

Tongue Drums: Sm - 20 coins. Med 25 coins. Lg 30 coins.
Comes with set of two mallets.

Zills ( finger cymbals )

Derived from the Greek word "Kymbala",
cymbals were the most beautiful and versatile of these rhythm accessories.
Cymbals affix to the thumbs and middle fingers of dancers' hands.
(Arabic-"Sagat" or "Sunouj," Turkish-"Zills", Persian-"Zang")
The intricate musical patterns they create
and their sparkling sound quality make the cymbals
indispensable to Middle Eastern music.

Zills: Set of two pairs comes in velvet pouch. 10 coins.

Ankle Bells ( ghungaroo )

A dancer's delight. Comes two in a velvet pouch.

Ankle bells: 20 coins.

Rattles and Shekere Gourds

The rattle is a percussive instrument common to tribal cultures.
Ahatse rattle are small gourds with seeds or beads woven over.

Yoruba gourd shakers with a woven covering of seeds or beads.

Rattles: 10 coins. Shekeres: 20 coins.