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Peg Atabaque

Price range: $500.00 through $600.00

Handmade in Bahia Ships from Salvador

Made to order · handmade in small batches · packed for safe overseas transit.

Artisanal instruments Each piece is made by hand — small natural variations in material and finish are part of the craft. Yours will not look exactly like the photos.
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The instrument

About Peg Atabaque

Description

The mixture of different Traditions, the Peg-Tuned Atabaque, sometimes also called Atabasabar, is one of Mestre Dinho’s most sought-after drums, having beautiful wooden Pegs.

The pegs and rope help maintain the Drum Tuned, and the pegs can offer easy tuning through the use of mallets, or plastic hammers.

Portraying the decorative skin flaps, the Peg Atabaque is one of the most unique offerings in the store, currently being used in numerous Candomblés, Folcloric, and Cultural Groups throughout the world.

This Atabaque, as well as the other Atabaques in the store, is made from Massaranduba and Ipê-Amarelo woods, Hard and resistant materials that are often used for building houses, and supporting roofs with heavy weights, boosting life-long durability.

The culture behind the craft

Before it is an instrument, it is a voice.

Every instrument in this workshop is born of Afro-Brazilian tradition — carried from the terreiros of Salvador and the drumming traditions of West Africa. Read how the rhythms of Bahia are played, and why an instrument made here carries more than its materials.

Read the guide
Journal · Field guide The Drums of Bahia: A Field Guide to Salvador's Percussion Read on the Journal