pahū (Māori taonga pūoro large signalling drum)
~ Percussion instrument
Description
Logs or thick planks up to 9 meters long used as signalling drums, as gongs for both war and peace. Even living hollowed trees have been used as pahū.
Relationships
| from: | New Zealand |
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| type of: | slit drum (Hollow wooden idiophone) |
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| derivations: | pātē |
| part of: | taonga pūoro (Māori traditional instrument ensemble) |