.jpg) Ethiopian Lithophones with Stand, Monastery of Na’akuto La’ab | |
| Percussion instrument | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kid Kongil |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 111.22 (Directly struck idiophone) |
| Developed | Antiquity |
| Related instruments | |
| Ringing rocks | |
A rock gong is a slab of rock that is hit like a drum, and is an example of a lithophone. Examples have been found in Africa, Asia, and Europe.[1] Regional names for the rock gong include kungering,[2] kwerent dutse, gwangalan, kungereng, kongworian, and kuge.[3] These names are all onomatopœic, except for "kuge" which is the Hausa word for a double iron bell[3] and "dawal" which is the Ge`ez word for a church's stone gong.[4]
- ^ Beck (1995, p. 78)
- ^ Fagg (1997, p. 20)
- ^ a b Goodwin (1957, p. 37)
- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert (2003). Encyclopedia Aethiopica. Frankfurt: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 108–109.