Musical Instruments of the African Negroes. Qua-qua 1, kiemba-toetoe flute 2, ansokko-baina balafon 3, great Creole drum 4, great Loango (Congo) drum 5, papa drum 6, small Loango drum 7, small Creole drum 8, coeroema drum 9, Loango-bania thumb piano 10, calabash 11, saka-saka shekere 12, conch shell 13, benta 14, Creole-bania guitar 15, trumpet of war 16, work horn 17, and Loango too-too flute 18. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," J. Johnson, London, 1813

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Musical Instruments of the African Negroes. Qua-qua 1, kiemba-toetoe flute 2, ansokko-baina balafon 3, great Creole drum 4, great Loango (Congo) drum 5, papa drum 6, small Loango drum 7, small Creole drum 8, coeroema drum 9, Loango-bania thumb piano 10, calabash 11, saka-saka shekere 12, conch shell 13, benta 14, Creole-bania guitar 15, trumpet of war 16, work horn 17, and Loango too-too flute 18. Copperplate engraving after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel Stedman from his "Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," J. Johnson, London, 1813.

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