A musician plays a traditional percussion instrument called the “balafon”. He uses two wood sticks with rubber tips to strike the wooden slats lashed across small hollow gourds called calabash, inverted under the frame. The calabash creates resonance. The echo of his melody bounces off the wall behind him. Balafons are an integral part of many musical groups in West Africa.

14” x 11” (unframed) Lithograph on archival paper of a 1995 original Ballpoint pen drawing on Canson - Edition of 200.