Tifa (drum)

Tifa
Tifa Tiwa or Tiva; Kai Islands, before 1915.
Percussion instrument
Other namesTiwa, Tiva
Classification Membranophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification211.221

211.231

211.251
(211.221 Instruments in which the body is barrel-shaped (barrel drums) and which have only one usable membrane 211.231 Instruments in which the body is hourglass-shaped and which have only one usable membrane

211.251 Instruments in which the body is goblet-shaped (goblet drums) and which have only one usable membrane)
DevelopedDeveloped in prehistory in Indonesian Maluku Islands and in New Guinea

The tifa, tiwa or tiva is a single-headed goblet drum used throughout the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia, where it is traditionally the "dominant instrument" in Maluku province music. The term tifa has been used outside of the Maluku Islands, including on the island of Java and on the island of New Guinea, in Indonesia's Papuan provinces.

Where the Maluku-tradition tifas tend to be unadorned or plain, the Papua-tradition tifas tend to be decorated with patterns and symbols, which may be ethnic or spiritual in nature.

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