Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2400
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	maracas
Subject
	112.13
Publisher
	Latin Percussion
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	cosmopolitan (Latin-American)
Format
	10.6 in. length (left pair)
11.7 in. length (center pair)
11.2 in. length (right pair)
Identifier
	2838
Source
	Latin America
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Colombia
	Venezuela
	Brazil
	Cuba
Alternative Title
	clavallinas
Extent
	LP395
	LP281
Medium
	membrane - mammal skin
	wood
	plastic
	seeds
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Mixed Percussion Ensembles
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Americas
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
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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