This is a rectangular shaker or rattle from Kenya. It's about 10x5x0.5 inches, made of reeds bound together with nylon thread, wooden end pieces, and probably filled with pebbles. It was purchased in the Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World.
Most of the samples are single hits, either short (with the rattle held vertically) or long (with the rattle at an angle for a rainstick-like effect). Samples 20 and 21 are long looped shakes at no particular tempo.
These files are original recordings and photos from the Sudden Sound Studio instrument collection.
All files are copyright © 2002 Greg Bossert, and released under the Open Audio License (O) Greg Bossert www.suddensound.com 2002 V.1.0. This means you can pretty much do what you want with these sounds as long as the attribution and license stay attached. See the license at the EFF for more details.
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