soft wood, oiled many scraping and clicking sounds, dolphin-call the blowhole at the tail fin produces a high pitched squeaking sound Thailand

rattle made of finely woven rattan fibres calebash bottom, filled with finest pebbles gentle sound energizes rhythms Cameroon

a cluster of palm nut shells, plaited to a rope handle clear, bright, dynamic sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically Cameroon

a cluster of large juju bean shells, plaited to a wooden handle warm, dark sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically Cameroon

dried, cleaned and filled with fine gravel bright, trickeling sound effect instrument, very soothing also useful as a shaker ceremonial instrument to conjure rain Chile

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

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

dried, cleaned and filled with fine gravel enduring, bright, trickeling sound effect instrument, very soothing, useful in a therapeutic context ceremonial instrument to conjure rain Chile

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

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

soft wood, oiled wide range of scraping and clicking sounds Thailand

tobillera nut shells colourful, woven ribbon gentle,soothing, enchanting sound can be shaken or tapped rhythmically popular ritual instrument Columbia