Pacific Asia Museum

46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California 91101
Open Wednesday through Sunday 10am to 6pm

Slit Drum

Russell Salamon, read by Tom Hall

Slit Gong Garamut Drum 2

After it gets a mouth it will say
anything you can beat into it
monkeys, macaws, masked
painted dancers; summons
to a funeral.

Its deepest voice
is the jungle.

After it gets a mouth it will say
anything you can beat into it:
monkeys, macaws, painted
head hunters. Its deepest
voice is a silent jungle.

ancestors speaking