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talking drum

hourglass-shaped West African drum
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talking drum

Summary

talking drum has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • talking drum is a type of drum[2].
  • talking drum's Commons category is recorded as Talking drums[3].
  • talking drum's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 211.242.11[4].
  • talking drum's different from is recorded as Q12777235[5].
  • talking drum's different from is recorded as dunun[6].

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Definition and Type

talking drum is a type of drum[2].

Why It Matters

talking drum has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Q111725591
    Image → TalkingDrum.jpg, Trompe Dondo-Africa Museum.jpg, Igba 1.jpg +1
    Video → A cultural display.webm
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q5830855
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||dag, fi, dga, tw, gur, en, en-gb, fat, fr, gaa, kus, mos, simple, wlx, gpe, abr, ee */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul ("
  2. 4w ago · Affulogboka · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q12777235, dunun
    Subclass of → —
    Seko id → 01041
    Wikidata description → hourglass-shaped West African drum
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5008]]: [[Q111725591]]"
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