Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/967
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	axatse 
Subject
	112.13
Publisher
	Latin Percussion (third instrument)
Contributor
	Toby Austin, Roger Vetter
Type
	Ewe
	Akan
	Ga
	cosmopolitan (African)
Format
	14 in. height
28 in. greatest circumference 

Identifier
	398 
	6008
	3114
Source
	West Africa
Language
	EN
Coverage
	Ghana
Alternative Title
	ntorowa
	torowa
	adenkum
	sekere
	shekeshe
Medium
	gourd
	cord - plant fiber
	seeds
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Africa
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
	Vetter collection
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone
	hollow spheroid vessel - with opening/s
Sound objects per instrument for idiophone
	one
	one
Resonator design for idiophone
	sonorous object itself is a general resonating space
Number of players for idiophone
	one
Sounding principle for idiophone
	stamping/pounding
Sound exciting agent for idiophone
	beaters - pellets, seeds, shells, beads in net around vessel
Energy input motion by performer for idiophone
	stamping and shaking
Pitch of sound produced for idiophones
	indefinite pitch
Sound modification for idiophones
	none
Category of Instrument
	idiophone

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