Just finished up this build and wanted to share. This is one of my miniConga line. It's the miniTumba. Not really that mini, but smaller than a full size tumba. 28" tall and 11.75" head. It's curly maple wood with a rubber bottom and rope tuning. I was really happy with all of it, the build and the sound.
I'm finishing up a set of miniCongas that are walnut with the Remo NuSkyn heads. I hope to have time to get a video of those.
Here's the final photo of the conga.
Also experimented with some coconut maracas with a flame elder handle earlier this year... Came out really nice