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 | Bombo drum, Tinya
By: Novica Price: $ 75.95 $ 54.95
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. This attractive percussion instrument is known as a bombo (drum) in Peru and is often used during magical Andean rituals. Bull hide is stretched over the wood cylinder, while nylon cords tautly adhere the beating surface to the frame. A cotton strap elaborated in the Cuzco style is slung over the neck, allowing the musician to strike either... |
|  | Wood hand drum, Andean Sky
By: Novica Price: $ 50.95 $ 42.95
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Carefully crafted with traditional techniques, this lovely hand drum invites Andean rhythms. Juan Leon Ponce creates the piece by tightly stretching cowhide over a wooden frame. Bright Cuzco-style ribbons encircle the drumhead, evoking the colors of an Andean sky. Known as a tamborina, or "little drum," it includes a cumala wood drumstick.... |
|  | Bombo drum, Altiplano
By: Novica No Longer Available
The bombo was introduced to Peru by the Spanish during the conquest. Black goatskin is stretched over the wood cylinder, while nylon cords tautly adhere the drumhead to the frame. A cotton strap ? elaborated in the Cuzco style ? is slung over the neck, allowing the musician to strike either end of the drum. Crafted by Dionisio Quilla, the instrument infuses any setting with percussive presence. Includes playing stick. NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. |
|  | Bombo drum, Collao
By: Novica No Longer Available
Fiery contrasts characterize this percussion instrument by Dionisio Quilla. The bombo was introduced to Peru by the Spanish during the conquest. Black and white goatskin is stretched over the tornillo wood cylinder, while nylon cords tautly adhere the beating surface to the frame. A cotton strap ? elaborated in the Cuzco style ? is slung over the neck, allowing the musician to strike either end of the drum. This hand-crafted piece infuses any setting with rhythmic presence. Includes playing stick. NOVICA, in association with National... |
|  | Gourd deymuro stick drum, Fiesta
By: Novica No Longer Available
Abstract patterns in bold hues bring a festive air to a traditional deymuro drum. Juan León Ponce crafts the instrument from a mate gourd engraved with colorful motifs. Resonant cowhide drumheads emit a lively beat when the cumala wood handle is twisted back and forth. Because each drum is an individual work of art, the shape, tone and motifs can vary slightly. |
|  | Gourd hand drum, Tamborina
By: Novica No Longer Available
Surveying the works from the hilltop, a llama symbolizes the Andes. The bright image adorns a colorful hand drum by Juan León Ponce. Played with a cumala wood drumstick, the tamborina, or "little drum," features a resonant cowhide drumhead. |
|  | Gourd stick drums, Tradition (pair)
By: Novica No Longer Available
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. Bright Andean weavings bring color to a pair of traditional stick drums by Juan León Ponce. Hand-crafted of two half-mate gourds, the deymuro drum is accompanied by a tamasa. Their resonant cowhide drumheads emit a lively beat when the cumala wood handles are twisted back and forth. Artisan Info: Born in Junin on June 24, 1960, Juan León Ponce crafts musical instruments. His art is a family tradition. Ponce remembers... |
|  | Gourd stick-drum, Taimor
By: Novica No Longer Available
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. Crafted of mate gourd and goat skin, this Andean stick-drum is actually comprised of two small drums that are attached back-to-back. The instrument is played by holding it between the hands (with the drum below the hands) and rubbing both hands together (try slower and faster). This percussion instrument is found throughout the world, in many countries, from many cultures. Each culture has its own purpose for this drum. Some... |
|  | Gourd tinya drum, Huancayo
By: Novica No Longer Available
Engraved mate gourds are an ancestral art form in Huancayo, where pre-Hispanic man fashioned utensils from the abundant natural material. Juan Leon Ponce presents an exquisite handmade tinya, a type of drum with a mate gourd body. Resonant cowhide forms two drumheads, and the drumstick is fashioned of cumala wood. |
|  | Gourd tinya drum, Pompoms
By: Novica No Longer Available
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, searches the world to work directly with the finest artisan designers. Colorful pompoms add bright appeal to a hand-crafted tinya by Juan León Ponce. A type of bombo (drum), it boasts Andean motifs on the mate gourd body. Ponce creates an instrument steeped in tradition, as it once marked the beat of battle for Chankas and Pokras warriors. Resonant cowhide forms the drumhead, and the drumstick is fashioned of cumala wood. Artisan Info: Born in Junin on June 24, 1960, Juan León Ponce crafts... |
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