GOME DRUM

MASSIVE CLEARANCE SALE. PRICE REDUCED TO JUST £50. Gome (go-may) – The Gome drum was originally created of lumber and skin by Africans in Jamaica who went there as slaves. Freed slaves carried the Gome tradition to Sierra Leone when returning to the continent in the 1800's. Carpenters from Sierra Leone shared the Gome tradition with carpenters from other West African colonies, including the Ga from Ghana. To make the Gome drum a goatskin is stretched over a wooden box frame. The drummer sits atop the box and plays this drum with both his hands and the heels of the feet, which press against the skin to change the pitch. Dimensions 16" x 17" x 17".

See it being played here on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjEx5IlrPtQ

Price £80.00