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Rattle (Shekere)KashakaWest Africa Gourds, cloth, seeds Diameter: 2 inches Aslatica / Cashake / Televi / Kosika / Kashaka - known by many names, this is a simple musical instrument played by children and adults in West Africa. This pair of tiny gourd rattles on cloth woven string consists of two small pods (gourds) filled with seeds and attached to both ends of a flexible cord/rope/string. In playing, one of the pods is held in the palm with the cord going between the first and middle fingers and over the thumb. The other pod is flipped over the top of the hand and caught in the back of the palm with the little finger.
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