Doumbeks

The ceramic doumbek, also called a darabukka (and a lot of other things), is a traditional instrument most commonly played in Egypt, Israel and Lebanon. The drums shown here are hand formed out of ceramic stoneware clay. The heads are made of goatskin and are glued to the body of the drum. The third one is an original double-chambered doumbek with two heads. The doumbek gets its name from the two basic sounds it produces--the deep, low-pitched "doom" and the crisp high-pitched "tek".

Darabuka (Bulgaria), dombak, zarb (Iran), derbocka (Morocco and Algeria), dumbelek (Turkey), darabuke (Albania)

Often made of clay, wood or metal with a Goat skin head
Single headed (Bottom is open.).
Played under the arm or resting on the player's leg.