Gangatan

Gangatan [*ganga], cylindrical or conoid drum of the Tuareg, N. Africa, made of wood or clay, with 1 or 2 heads, struck with an oxhide thong or a beater called ekotar. Used in wartime and on social occasions. Also called al-tubel. See also: ganga (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.