This is a forked rattle from Kenya. It's about 16x5x1 inches, made of a natural forked branch. Two wires strung across the fork hold a number of rusty, flattened metal bottle caps, which act as jingles. 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). Sample 19 is long looped shake 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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