hand drum

noun

Definition of hand drum

: a drum played with the hand or hands The pot is sometimes depicted with a skin covering the mouth, and used as a hand drum.— Curt Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments, 1940 also : frame drum

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The first known use of hand drum was in 1620

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