Musical instrument of India consisting of a pair of drums of variable pitch (5)

I believe the answer is:

tabla

(Other definitions for tabla that I've seen before include "Pair of drums used in Indian music" , "set of drums" , "Indian hand drums" , "Indian drum pair" , "has stretched skin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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