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Pair of Maracas.

Technical description: One pair bakelite 'gourds' containing metal shot. Wooden handles painted green. Bodies of instruments are bakelite mouldings held together by a central screw.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:lengths 250; diameters 100.