The bodhrán (pronounced "bawraa-n"), plural bodhráin, is a percussion instrument used in Irish music. It comes from the gaelic bodhar which means: deaf. It is a frame drum played with a stick that is undoubtedly derived from the eastern daf and formerly from a sieve, an agricultural tool used to separate grains from their husks (bran). A bodhrán consists of a circular rosewood frame, stiffened by a frame, on which is stretched a membrane. There are various instruments whose main characteristics are:  -> the frame diameter (from 20 to 60 cm); The instrument shown below is 16 inches size -> the width of the barrel (from a few centimeters to 20 cm); -> the nature of the membrane (traditionally made of goatskin, but sometimes we find skins of deer, greyhound or even synthetic); the shape of the frame (there are three main ones: traditional in "X", more recent in "T" and modern with  a simple crossbar).