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* [http://www.bibvirt.futuro.usp.br/especiais/percussao/afoxe_e_xequere.html Xequerê and Afoxe images and description] In Portuguese. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060620064216/http://www.bibvirt.futuro.usp.br:80/especiais/percussao/afoxe_e_xequere.html Xequerê and Afoxe images and description] In Portuguese. |
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Other names | Afoxe' |
Classification | Idiophone |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 112.122 (Sliding rattles) |
Developed | Brazil |
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.
A similar instrument is the xequerê which is larger.
External links
- Xequerê and Afoxe images and description In Portuguese.