Afoxé

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.

Afoxé
Percussion instrument
Other namesAfoxe'
Classification Idiophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification112.122
(Sliding rattles)
DevelopedBrazil

A similar instrument is the xequerê which is larger.

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