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Boobams

Scope note

Percussion instruments originating in the United States in the 1950s, consisting of a set of small tunable drums, in which the drum heads are stretched across the top of an open bamboo stem or deep wooden shell. NGDMI

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300041837

Broader Terms used

<tubular drums: single-headed>

Equivalent Terms used

boobam

Created

13yrs ago

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