Afuche-Cabasa
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
name: label: user
content: Ellington, Duke
label: maker
content: Latin Percussion
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This cabasa was made by Latin Percussion in Palisades Park, New Jersey, 1970s. It is an Afuche-Cabasa, made of a textured wood cylinder wrapped with strings of metal beads, on a wood handle. The cabasa is stamped:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>LATIN PERCUSSION<br>LP<br>M. COHEN<br>PALISADES PARK, NEW JERSEY</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>The metal cabasa was created by Martin Cohen, founder of Latin Percussion, a manufacturer of percussion instruments. The Afuche-Cabasa produces a metallic, rattling sound when shaken or twisted, similar to the sound of a rattlesnake. It is often used in Latin jazz, especially in bossa nova pieces.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument features U. S. Patent #3521518 dated July 21, 1970 by Martin B. Cohen, for a musical instrument that can simulate the sound of a natural cabasa instrument.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Palisades Park
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Percussion
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.325
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.325
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in; x 12.7 cm