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Friction drum

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This type of instrument is used in recordings of our sound archives made with the Congolese peoples mentioned hereafter where it appears with the following vernacular names:

Kwei (Leele), Kwita (Tshokwe), Mfing nene (Mbunda), Mondo (Yaka), Mondule (Ekonda), Mphuta (Yaka), Mpwit (Lunda), Ngoma i pwita (Luba), Nkwita (Mpangu), Nkwiti (Kongo), Patenge (Ngbaka), Patenge (Patonge) (Sengele), Patonge (Ngando), Patonge (Patenge) (Boyela), Puta (Yaka), Pwita (Songye)

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