Afoxé

{{Short description|Afro-Brazilian gourd instrument}}

{{Distinguish|Afoxê}}

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| background = percussion

| names = Afoxe'

| classification = Idiophone

| hornbostel_sachs = 112.122

| hornbostel_sachs_desc = Sliding rattles

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| developed = Brazil

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The afoxé is an Afro Brazilian musical instrument composed of a gourd (cabaça) wrapped in a net in which beads or small plastic balls are threaded. The instrument is shaken to produce its musical noise.{{Cite book |last=Dourado |first=Henrique Autran |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cL6zQ9vAUwkC&dq=afox%C3%A9+instrumento&pg=PA21 |title=Dicionário de termos e expressões da música |date=2004 |publisher=Editora 34 |isbn=978-85-7326-294-0 |language=pt-BR}}

A similar instrument is the shekere which is larger.