
An object you don’t often come across at auction, a talking drum from the Yoruba. The above example was acquired in the palace of the Oba of Oyo in the early 1960s and will be sold by Dorotheum next month; more info here.

In case you were wondering how they sound… (trust me, you’ll be amazed by the sound they can produce)

Image courtesy of the Ethnologisches Museum (SMPK), Berlin, Germany (III C 27097).