Akan Drum
The Akan Drum is a drum that was made in West Africa and was later found in the Colony of Virginia in North America. It is now one of the oldest African-American objects in the British Museum and possibly one of the oldest surviving anywhere. The drum is a reminder of all three continents' involvement in the estimated twelve million people transported across the Atlantic Ocean as part of the transatlantic slave trade. The drum is normally displayed in Room 26, the North American gallery, in the British Museum.
| Akan Drum | |
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On display in the British Museum | |
| Material | Wood, skin and fibre |
| Created | 1730-1745 |
| Place | Ghana region, West Africa |
| Present location | Room 26 in the British Museum |
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