Naqara (small kettledrums) Pottery, goatskin, wood Diam : 20 cm The Arab and Mediterranean Center Tunisia

This instrument belongs to the membranophone family. It is used in urban classical or liturgical music. It is made of two small 20 cm diameter drums covered in two goat skin membranes stretched over two round burgundy-coloured pottery bowls. This type of naqara is generally found in the larger cities of northern and central Tunisia. They are hit with two identical cloth-covered wooden beaters. This instrument belongs to the Baron Erlanger collection. It was probably made towards the end of the 19th century.