Modern drum covers are primarily constructed of some type of plastic, mostly polyesters. However, some drummers still preferred the traditional stretched animal skins.
Drum heads were long known to be made of animal skins, but often now they're made of plastic or polyester.
The Kutirinding drum is used for playing on.
Any drum or drum kit can be used, its the player that makes the difference.
Both freshwater and saltwater drum have scales covering their skin so the texture of a drum can be scaly. Musical drums are often made of stretched animal tissue, so the texture of musical drums can be leathery. Some drum skins are made of smooth plastic, their texture would be smooth to slippery.
Modern drum covers are primarily constructed of some type of plastic, mostly polyesters. However, some drummers still preferred the traditional stretched animal skins.
You can purchase drum skins and heads online through the Amazon website. You can also purchase them both used and new from personal sellers on eBay and Craigslist.
Old broken drum.
Tommy Lee uses Remo pro skins on his drums :)
Things like buffalo skins, deer skins, ect. They also used a strong wood material to hold the skins together, and special paint they made do "decorate" them.
A drum can be modified by changing the hoops to some other type or by simply changing the heads (skins) to a different type.
Drum heads were long known to be made of animal skins, but often now they're made of plastic or polyester.
rat skins
The earliest inhabitants used more skins and furs (as do the Inuit today), because there is less material available for weaving.
It is made out of wood and animal skins. People like to decorate their drums with wood craving!
copper
silk, yarn, or string. In the old times they used animal skins, or animal furs