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maracas

Maraca (one of pair); made from gourd; round gourd, hollowed out inside, hole carved in one end; cylindrical wooden stick for handle inserted into hole and nailed to opposite end of gourd, with small rectangle of gourd as anchor; handle painted green and carved with lines.

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