This lovely pair of bongos is an example of an instrument that I really like but don't take out of the house because it's quite heavy (for what it does).
We bought this for the children back in the 1990s, when there was still the Russell Acott music shop (It moved from the High Stree to Botley business park in 1998 and closed in 2011, after 200 years). There's a tiny tear in one of the drumskins but otherwise they have kept surprisingly well for a quarter of a century. Amazingly, all 8 rubber feet are still in place.
Wikipedia tells me that bongos originated in Cuba, but I have no idea where this particular pair was made, there seems to be no indication of a brand of any kind.
Just some random drum noises to give an impression of the sound (and my non-existent percussion skills):
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