The Japanese tsuzumi is just one type of this instrument that is a stretched head held taut across a shell
...... .23 Stick-rubbed: a stick is attached to a cord stretched across the head and 
is... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The History of Musical Instruments - Curt Sachs" [PAR] Among the numberless later rattles only one will be discussed: the gourd .... paint 
the whole implement j at one end they decorate it with a woman's head .... a skin, 
or two parallel skins, are held taut by some type of hoop or frame.