[ Diari e carteggi (1858-1872) di Giovanni Miani / Giovanni Giacomo Miani ] Il primo diario. Viaggio verso le sorgenti del Nilo eseguito da Giangiacomo Miani (1859-1860) / Giovanni Giacomo Miani
Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile - Dance and musical instruments of the Shilluk, Al Kawah - Sudan (Ali-kaka)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi

Sound type
Human
Human event
Instrument
Instrument type
by Hornbostel-Sachs classification
21 Struck Membranophones
Number of instruments
Instrument name in the source
Tamburi
Musical traditions
Interpretative hypothesis
Miani includes in his ethnographic collection two drums: a "nugara" ("naqqāra" or "nagāṙā") and a smaller drum, which he describes as being for a child. In his illustrations, he also draws a tar and a darabukka.

Musical content

Image
Naqqāra or nagāṙā (Front view), Venice, Museo di Storia Naturale “Giancarlo Ligabue”, Miani collection, MSNVE-7419.
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Small drum for a child (Front view), Venice, Museo di Storia Naturale “Giancarlo Ligabue”, Miani collection, MSNVE-7363.
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Giovanni Miani, Africa – Strumenti dei popoli del Fiume Bianco (Africa – Instruments of the Peoples of the White Nile), Venice, Biblioteca del Museo di Storia Naturale “Giancarlo Ligabue”, Fascicolo 1, Egitto Tavola 1.
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Giovanni Miani, Egitto Moderno - Strumenti dal percossa (Modern Egypt, Percussion instruments), Venice, Biblioteca del Museo di Storia Naturale “Giancarlo Ligabue”, Fascicolo 6, Egitto Tavola 2.
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburi" (Sound), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 04.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.48

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