Slit drum

Japanese: スリット・ドラム(英語表記)slit‐dram
Slit drum
A percussion instrument made by hollowing out a tree trunk or log with a thin crack left inside. It is called a split drum. The surface is often carved with animals, fish, crocodiles, etc. It belongs to the idiophone category and is played by striking it with the hand, hitting it with a stick, or poking it. Some are made to produce different sounds depending on where it is struck. The largest is a ceremonial instrument found among the Huitoto people of Colombia, measuring up to 10 meters in length. In Southeast Asia, there are also small, portable versions made of bamboo, and it is thought that historically they developed gradually from the large early versions to smaller ones.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
木の幹または丸太を,細い割れ目を残し内部を空洞にくりぬいた打楽器。割れ目太鼓と呼ばれる。表面には動物や魚,ワニ等の彫刻がほどこされている場合が多い。体鳴楽器に属し,手で打ったり,棒で打つ,または突くなどして奏する。打つ場所によって異なる音が出るように作られたものもある。最大のものは,コロンビアのウイトト族の間に見られる儀式用の楽器で,長さが10mにも及ぶ。東南アジアでは竹を用いた小型携帯用のものもあり,歴史的には,初期の大型のものからしだいに小型のものへと発展したと考えられている。

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