Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/1829
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	hosho
Subject
	112.13
Contributor
	Toby Austin, Roger Vetter
Type
	Shona
	Ndebele
Format
	12 in. greatest length
Identifier
	6071
Source
	East Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Zimbabwe
Medium
	gourd
	seeds
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Bira (Shona Possession Ceremony) Instruments from Zimbabwe
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Vetter collection
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	hollow spheroid vessel - closed
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	two sounded discretely
Resonator design for idiophone
	sonorous object itself is a general resonating space
Number of players for idiophone
	one
Sounding principle for idiophone
	striking - indirect
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	beater/s - pellet/s, seed/s, bead/s inside closed vessel/s
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	shaking
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	indefinite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	none
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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