Tree-drum

Tree-drums were a type of handcrafted, ceremonial drum created by the Wookiee species of the planet Kashyyyk. They consisted of a brown wooden shell with a tan batter head amd gray patterns on the sides. Two wooden handles extended from the drum and had a support harness attatched that could be worn over a Wookiee's shoulders. The instrument was played using a pair of wooden drum sticks with material covered-heads. Tree-drums could be used to create music but also echoed loudly if played hard enough.

At some point after 35 ABY, the protocol droid C-3PO included an entry on tree-drumsin his book The Secrets of the Wookiees, claiming that the drums could make pleasant music and were a better musical option then Kashyyyk clarions or Wookiee singing.

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