Natural Hand Percussion
African Straw Shaker from Ghana.
Our caxixi -is a woven straw basket with beans that produces unique rhythmic sounds when shaken.
Large Entada seed pod shaker from Thailand. Sizes and shapes vary from straight(ish) to curved and some have truncated ends where the pod has broken off. Expect quirky and fabulous rather than perfect!
The original Cactus rainmaker from Chile
The thicker rainsticks don't have the coloured band
Decorated natural hide Maracca shaker with wood handle.
Two sizes: 13cm long and 18cm long
Cha Cha from Peru - a natural rattle made with Cha Cha Nuts on a wood or cane handle. Hand made in Peru
Hand rattle with Cabalonga nuts - this is a rituralistic instrumentfrom the Columbian Andes
Rattlesnake Tamborine Shaker
- Similar to a Jingle shaker but with silver metal jingles from a tambourine.
- 22cm long
A very primitive and interesting African rattle made from stick and rings of calabash.
- Fantastic selection of hand percussion made from seed pods, nuts, beans, straw,gourds, grasses and even the metal from recycled car bonnets
- Mostly sourced from a fair trade suppliers
- Items are sourced from round the world including South America and Africa
- Great for the classroom or drum group