Akan Drum

Akan Drum
On display in the British Museum
MaterialWood, skin and fibre
Created1730-1745
PlaceGhana region,[1] West Africa
Present locationRoom 26 in the British Museum

The Akan Drum is a drum that was made in West Africa and was later found in the Colony of Virginia in North America. It is now one of the oldest African-American objects in the British Museum and possibly one of the oldest surviving anywhere.[2] The drum is a reminder of all three continents' involvement in the estimated twelve million people transported across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the transatlantic slave trade.[1] The drum is normally displayed in Room 26, the North American gallery, in the British Museum.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "Akan Drum". A History of the World in 100 Objects. BBC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Ancient African drum on display at British Museum". Mpelembe Network. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. ^ British Museum, The drummer is calling me display.