Paragon Heartwood Mali Women's Djembe - 13x22 (Melina Wood)

The Paragon Heartwood Mali Pro Women's Djembe - 13x22 Melina Wood from Africa Heartwood Project is the perfect combination of hardwood quality sound, comfortable height, and much lighter weight. It features a standard full size 12.5-13" head, suitable for most adults drummers, but with only 22" height, making it well-suited to many women or more petite djembe players. This is an exceptional sounding, easy to play African-made djembe. This Mali hardwood djembe is crafted by expert carvers using specialty selected woods, finished with top-rate skin and rope, always with the rings tight and tension even. At proper tension these 13x22 Mali Melia djembes have a nice semi-dry sound quality, with easy tones and slaps and strong bass. These are among the elite complete djembes available anywhere in Mali. Along with a money back guarantee, here is what this Mali djembe features: * 12.5-13" OSD wood, 22" full height, 7.5-8" OSD base, 11-13 lbs * Inventory includes seasoned Melina hardwoods, solid one piece construction, uniform thickness, imported direct * Wood seasoned and handcarved in Mali, West Africa, treated inside and out with lots of shea butter and coconut oil * Thick Mali goat skin, wet shaved and hydrated with a bit of shea butter * 5mm braided rasta drum rope for the 20-22 pairs of vertical ropes, first row of tuning started * 4mm mix rasta color drum rope for top loops and bottom loops, double hitch loop pattern on bottom ring * Bright cloth used to wrap bottom and top rings, including flesh hoop to prevent rust damage to skin * Extra tuning rope included, wrapped around neck for storage * All 1/4" rings custom fitted very tight, keeps tension even * 2 top ring tuning system with skin wrapped over the top rings for playing comfort and to protect the rope. * Well shaped bearing edge, hand rounded for playing comfort and skin safety * Simple geometric deep carved designs cover 3/4 of the base