[Aztlan] Query: Maya Drums

[David Hixson]

This is just a random question that sprung to my mind
when viewing the photos of Maya apiaries...

What is / was the Maya term for the hollowed wooden
acoustical drums -- often replicated by modern
artisans as a short section of a tree, hollowed out
with two "teeth" extending over the mid-section of the
drum?

As a former percussionist, I would love any insight
into the pre-Columbian origin of this instrument.

Such instruments have been noted in numerous
publications and replicated in artisan markets of the
Maya area for decades.  It is even mentioned in the
into to the Balankanche caves rituals, available at
the National Geographic Society website at:

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature2

-Dave


 
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