Ebumba
- Ferdinand J. de Hen
Extract
Lamellaphone of the Ngombe people of the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Bangala call it ekumbe. It has metal tongues and an elliptical soundtable sewn onto a tortoise carapace or hollowed piece of wood serving as a resonator. In the past, sometimes a human or monkey skull was used as a resonator, especially among the Lokele....
