Drum, painted wood with skin, rope and leather, used by the Old Town Guard in Edinburgh, probably made in Edinburgh, Midlothian

War drum (jindaiko) made of a laquered wooden hoop closed with a painted doeskin fixed with iron rivets, and with three suspensory rings: Japan

Drum of red earthenware with white tin glaze and lozenge design painted in overglaze blue: Morocco, Fez, 20th century

Darabuka or drum of beige stoneware with a white tin glaze, painted in overglaze blue: Morocco, Beni Malal, mid 20th century

Darabuka or conical drum of wood: South Iraq, 20th century

Double-membrane drum of wood with leather membranes and metal studs: China, Beijing, 20th century

Drum stand of wood with six rods: China, Beijing, 20th century

Double-headed drum, with wood shell painted scarlet, leather membranes and brass studs, used in processions: China, Beijing, 20th century

Processional drum of wood with a skin membrane, painted red, green, yellow and blue: China, Beijing, 20th century

One of a pair of curved drumsticks with dragon-handles, for a processional drum: China, Beijing, 20th century AD

One of a pair of curved drumsticks with dragon-handles, for a processional drum: China, Beijing, 20th century AD

Drum made of a large spherical gourd fitted with a cylindrical wooden neck and skin head, with a brass plate at one side with numerous small bells and brass objects attached: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Kumasi, Asante

Drum of hide streched over a pottery ring frame, or sákárà, a talking drum, the tone can imitate the sound of spoken language, played during important events: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, probably Yoruba, c. 1955

Cylindrical drum with carved wooden body covered with hide stitched together at top side, with flat elliptical stone bound to centre of drum body with leather strap binding, which serves as a handle: Africa, East Africa, Somalia, late 19th century

Cylindrical wooden drum, one end closed with hide, the other with a hide band and a handle, with two vibrating iron wires inside stretched the length of the instrument: Africa, Eastern Africa, Kenya, Ukamba, late 19th - early 20th century

Drumstick of wood, with wire binding: Northern Zambia or South West Tanzania, Fipa People, late 19th century