Click on the photos below for a visual tour of the drums.(if you click on the first pic, it will open in a new window, and you can move through the images by clicking on the right half (to go forwards) or left half (to go backwards).
a tabla set, consisting of a tabla and a baya a tabla, also known as a dayan detail of the gajara (braid) and tasma (strap) detail of the gatta (pegs) and strap detail of an elaborately engraved baya shell detail of a copper baya, with the maker's label an example of tabla notation, a tuning hammer and talcum powder, used to keep the fingertips dry