Lag-na

{{Short description|Musical instrument}}

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| image = Rnga (Lag-Rnga) MET DP337458.jpg

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| caption =Rnga or Lag-Rnga
(exhibited at the MET

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| title = Rnga or Lag-Rnga (18th century, Tibet)

| url = https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504559

| publisher = Metropolitan Museum of Art

| id = Accession Number: 1997.365a, b, ObjectID: 504559

| quote = Dimensions: Height: 55 1/8 in. (140 cm); Depth: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm); Diameter: 24 7/16 in. (62 cm) ... Classification: Membranophone-double-headed / frame drum

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| background = percussion

| names = Na

| classification = Frame drum

| hornbostel_sachs = 211.32

| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Directly struck membranophone

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A lag-na, or na, is an ancient Tibetan frame drum.{{cite book |last=Robertson |first=Alec |last2=Stevens |first2=Denis |authorlink2=Denis Stevens |year=1960 |title=The Pelican History of Music: Ancient Forms to Polyphony |url=https://archive.org/details/pelicanhistoryof002704mbp |location=Harmondworth |publisher=Penguin Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/pelicanhistoryof002704mbp/page/n71 70] |oclc=220315541 }} The drumhead has a minimum diameter of about one metre.{{cite book |last=Blades |first=James |authorlink=James Blades |year=1992 |title=Percussion Instruments and Their History |edition=4th |location=Westport |publisher=Bold Strummer |page=[https://archive.org/details/percussioninstru00jame/page/149 149] |isbn=9780933224612 |oclc=28230162 |url=https://archive.org/details/percussioninstru00jame/page/149 }} Like the dhyāngro (the principal drum of the jhakri shamans of Nepal), the lag-na has a carved, wooden handle.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rhythmuseum.com/museum/shamanicdrums.html |last=Arnold |first=Christopher |title=Tibetan/Nepalese Shamanic Drums |website=Virtual Drum Museum |publisher=Christopher Arnold |accessdate=6 January 2014}} One plays the na by striking its drumhead with a heavy percussion mallet.