Afoxé

Not to be confused with Afoxê.
Afoxé
Percussion instrument
Other namesAfoxe'
Classification Idiophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification112.122
(Sliding rattles)
DevelopedBrazil

The afoxé is an Afro Brazilian musical instrument composed of a gourd (cabaça) wrapped in a net in which beads or small plastic balls are threaded. The instrument is shaken to produce its musical noise.[1]

A similar instrument is the shekere which is larger.

References

  1. ^ Dourado, Henrique Autran (2004). Dicionário de termos e expressões da música (in Brazilian Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 978-85-7326-294-0.
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