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Alive with Brazil's national colors, this maraca is set to cast a spell of samba magic. According to Amazon customs, maracas are meant to transport the soul to a spiritual world. Bernard Luthier crafts the instrument by hand from a dried gourd and provides a pinewood handle.
Silhouetted on a resonant cowhide drumhead, Kokopelli plays his flute to draw heat from the earth so seeds will grow. The image appears in many areas of the Americas and in rock art dating back thousands of years. Juan Le?n Ponce crafts this traditional Andean drum with colorful ribbons that emulate...
Merengue rhythms come naturally to these handsome maracas. Roc?o D?vila Rojas crafts them of mate gourds; seeds inside make a seductive noise when they are shaken. Engraved by hand with a plaid motif, they receive their color from baths of smoke. The natural gourds may vary slightly in shape and si...
Lively rhythms come naturally to these handsome maracas. Roc?o D?vila Rojas crafts them of mate gourds; seeds inside make a seductive noise when they are shaken. Engraved by hand with narrow stripes, they receive their color from baths of smoke. The natural gourds may vary slightly in shape and siz...
The bulbous shape of the caba?a fruit lends its organic presence to this kalimba, skillfully crafted by Tuca. On the instrument's face, a majestic rose blooms, its shadows and blurred outlines created with an artist's touch. Equipped with a sturdy strap of woven sisal fiber, the piece brings musical...
Roc?o D?vila Rojas transforms mate gourds into a pair of maracas with a delightful spotted motif. Natural seeds inside make a seductive noise when they are shaken. Selecting the dry gourds according to their shape, D?vila engraves them and achieves the color with a bath of smoke. The natural gourds...
Surveying the world from the hilltop, a llama symbolizes the Andes. The bright image adorns a colorful hand drum by Juan Le?n Ponce. He creates the piece by tightly stretching cowhide over a wooden frame. Known as a tamborina or "little drum," it includes a cumala wood drumstick.
