Talk:Akan Drum

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Did you know... that the British Museum's oldest African-American object is the Akan Drum (pictured) that was used to "dance the slaves"?

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The Akan Drum is not 'African-American'

If "the drum was made in the Ghana region of West Africa between 1700 and 1745" then it is not an object of object of African-American origin. Really. It was made in West Africa, by West Africans, and later taken to America. It is not African American itself. This is a glaring error and I'm surprised to see it as the DYK hook. 81.156.126.114 (talk) 12:56, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not original information but the info has to rely on its sources. The BM refer to it as an African-American object. Presumably because it was found and was being used in America by African-Americans, (and is thought to have been probably taken to America by an African or European slave trader...). As for the precise wording then as you will notice the project welcomes corrections, do get involved. Victuallers (talk) 14:50, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

and possibly the oldest surviving anywhere : ???? (please see the Dapper Museum & the Quai Branly Museum collections, etc.) -- Spiessens 22:21, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Hey, give us a hand, can you supply a link, Spiessens. I have looked at Musée du quai Branly? Victuallers (talk) 23:30, 8 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, here is a link ante 1756, all the best, -- Spiessens 18:19, 3 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiessens (talk • contribs)

and of course the Nok Civilization here. But maybe you could say that the Akan Drum is the oldest African instrument ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spiessens (talk • contribs) 18:24, 3 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deerskin and North America

Can someone investigate more into the fact that the drumskin is made from deer hide? The BBC podcast claims that deerhide is "almost certainly North American" and suggests some North American influence, but it doesn't say anything more than that. Metellasedet (talk) 14:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]