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Drum

Drum
Goblet-drum, Palestine, 1970s–1980s

You could hold this blue drum between your legs to keep it still while you bang on it with sticks or with your hands. It has skin pulled tight over the hollow cup end, and that’s what makes the banging noise when it is hit.

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