If you log on to Google today, you’ll be greeted by a familiar image, as today’s Google Doodle pays homage to the steel-pan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago.

The artwork, illustrated by Trinidad based artist Nicholas Huggins, is accompanied by a write up on the history of the steel-pan, including its honor as the only acoustic instrument to be invented in the 20th century, despite having origins dating back to the 1700s.

The Google Doodle feature falls on the same day the Trinidad All-Steel Pan Percussion Orchestra (TASPO) performed at the Festival of Britain in 1951, introducing the steelpan and a new music genre to the world.

“When enslaved Africans were brought to Trinidad by colonialists in the 1700’s, they brought over their African heritage and traditions of rhythmic drumming with them. When slavery was abolished between 1834 and 1838, Trinidadians joined in on Carnival festivities with their drums. However in 1877, government officials banned their drumming because they feared that the drumming would be used to send messages that would inspire rebellion. In protest of this ban, musicians started to pound tuned bamboo tubes on the ground as alternatives to mimic the sound of their drums. These ensembles were called Tamboo Bamboo bands,” the feature explained.

The steelpan grew and developed into a legitimate instrument through the likes of pioneers and innovators such as Winston “Spree” Simon, Ellie Mannette, Anthony Williams and Bertie Marshall. Many of their innovations and techniques are still used today.