Red and black felt representing death and blood cover these objectsin the Akan and Ashanti cultures.
These objects were stolen from the chimpanzees according to a myth from the Mali Empire. The Lembapeople believe that after the original Ark of the Covenant imploded, the Ten Commandments were housed inthe ngoma lungundu type of these objects. Red and black felt representing death and blood cover these objectsin the Akan and Ashanti cultures. Their bata type is used in Santeria, and the hourglass-shaped tama, or "talking,"kind uses tension cords to adjust pitch to resemble human speech. The dundun is often used in an ensemblewith a goblet type of these instruments called the djembe. These membranophones are frequentlymounted with cow or goat skin. For 10 points, name these percussion instruments beaten with namesakesticks.
These objects were stolen from the chimpanzees according to a myth from the Mali Empire.
 drums [or obvious equivalents; or ngoma, bata tama, dundun, or djembe until they are mentioned] 