This beautiful Ghanaian djembe drum is hand carved from solid, chunky African cedar wood for booming, loud bass tones and whip-crack highs. This impressive 9" head version features a thick, unbleached goatskin head and tough stringing. Our Ghanaian djembes also feature fascinating and authentic hand carved decorative patterns, that add a real authentic look. These authentically African instruments are played with the bare hands and are capable of creating a large palette of percussive sounds, making it a very versatile instrument. Djembes are great for expanding conga setups or for adding interesting textures to percussion sections. The drum body of these drums is made from the fast-growing wood of the Tweneboa tree, an African cedar and the wood is purchased from the forestry commission of Ghana.