Pa`u mangō (skin drum)

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Title

Pa`u mangō (skin drum)

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This pa'u mango (smaller skin drum) is from the Cook Islands. It is part of a complete tini ka'ara (drum ensemble) comprising six drums - two skin drums and four wooden slit drums. Two types of skin drumsThe pa'u mango is the smaller of the two skin drums. The pa'u is the larger. Pa'u mango used to be made with sharkskin membrane, but nowadays animal skin is used. This example is made of tamanu wood and is beaten with the bare hands

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Date created

1992

Creator

Rurutaura Tauta / Teokotai Pita

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/76717

Related subjects

wood / goatskin / iron / rope / percussion instruments / drums / Cook Islands / Southern Cook Islands / Polynesian / Oceanic / Aitutaki Islander / Aitutaki Atoll / Teokotai Pita / Rurutaura Tauta

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