Bata drum (bàtá): The batá drum is a hourglass-shaped drum originally from the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Benin. There are three standard sizes of the instrument: iyá ilú ("mother drum") , itótele (second or "talking" drum), and okónkolo ("small drum"). Batá drums are the sacred drums of the Shango religious tradition.
Sekere (aṣẹkẹrẹ): an ayo hourglass-shaped gourd covered with beads, cowries, or mesh netting which produces sound as it is shaken from one end.
Agogo bell (ágogo): a double bell that produces notes from two small bells that are hit with a metal stick or with a beater made from a bent piece of metal rod which is attached to the frame.
Omele: a drum made from a carved gourd body with a cowhide playing head.
Shekere: a dried calabash with beads woven in a net over it, which produces sound as it is shaken from one end.
Oja: a double-headed cylindrical or conical drum made of wood or metal, with a cowhide or goatskin head on one or both ends.
Opon Ifa (a divination tray used by the Babalawos (Ifa priests)