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Ndundu

Ndundu drum of the Bapote and Gombe of the Congo, in form of a truncated barrel, with laced heads. It is played in a vertical position. Often a pebble or other hard object is enclosed (30). Boone, Olga. “Les Tambours du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi,” Annales du Musée du Congo Belge. Tervueren, 1951.

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