carved nuts with fine filling material various Native American images, similar to illustration soft, enchanting sound for ritual Peru

gourd-disks on an angular wooden staff loud, percussive sound popular instrument to accompany drum ensembles for festivity and ceremonies Ghana

rattle made of plant fibres calebash bottom, filled with finest pebbles strong sound multiple rhythmic applications Ghana

goat hooves colourful, woven ribbon gentle,soothing, enchanting sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically popular ritual instrument Columbia

soft wood, painted in various colours wide range of scraping and clicking sounds the call of tropical frogs can be played as a guiro scraper and as a woodblock Thailand

wooden shell, double goatskin heads filled with fine steel pellets our most versatile shaker more than 30 sound effects variations by dampening the skins, changing the position of the hand and varied motions

colanut shells, attached to a braided rope of natural fibres length c. 60cm, segment with nuts c. 45cm clear, bright, dynamic sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically ideal for dancers and drummers Cameroon

metal bracket with weight and sound element dramatic snare- and rattle-sounds dramatic metal sound popular in action- and crime movies modern version of a traditional Mexican instrument made of a donkey’s jawbone India

polished coconut shell fine filling material, strong handle India

polished coconut shell fine filling material, strong handle India

length c. 90cm, segment with beans c. 35cm warm, dark sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically ideal for dancers and drummers Cameroon