[Bonetools] more bone instruments

[Marta Moreno García]

Dear Idoia and all,
It is in fact an equid mandible what you saw. It is a kind of popular 
musical instrument that it is played also in Spanish folklore. If you 
look it up in Wikipedia this is the information you get:

The *Quijada* [*Charrasga*, or *Jawbone* in English] is a traditional 
Latin percussion instrument that is cleaned of tissue and dried so the 
teeth can loosen and act as a rattle. They are traditionally made from 
the jawbone of either a mule, horse, or 
donkey.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-VirginiaTechDictionary-1> 
To play, a musician holds one half in one hand and strikes the other 
with either a stick or their hand; this causes the teeth to rattle 
against the bone creating a loud, untuned sound, original to this 
instrument.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2> 
It is used in music throughout most of Latin America, including Mexico, 
Peru, El Salvador, Ecuador, and Cuba. While it is used in most Latin 
American countries, the quijada gets it origin from the Africans that 
were brought to the Americas during the colonial 
era.^[<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-OxfordDictionary-2> 
It is also believed that it was first introduced in Peru, making it an 
Afro-Peruvian 
instrument.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-3> 
It is used in traditional and contemporary Latin music; an example is a 
song being played<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R44rBtI37EE> in Oaxaca, 
Mexico, using the Quijada to keep the beat for the "cancion". The 
quijada de burro is most commonly used at carnivals and religious 
festivals.^<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbone_%28instrument%29#cite_note-4> 
This instrument is one example of a mix of two different cultures, 
African and Indigenous, that created an instrument that gained value for 
the people of Latin America.

Cheers,
Marta


El 30/10/2013 12:38, Idoia Grau escribió:
> Dear all,
>
> A friend of mine sent me a link to this video and I was surprised to 
> find, around minute 2:13, that a man was using a lower mandible of 
> some animal (equid?) as a music instrument.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=O07NXc6-BzM#t=132
>
> *Idoia Grau Sologestoa*
>
>     Dpto. Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología
>     Universidad del País Vasco - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
>
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Dra. Marta Moreno-García
G.I. Arqueobiología.
Instituto de Historia
Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS). CSIC
Albasanz 26-28. 28037 Madrid. Spain
Tel: +34 91 6022384
e-mail: marta.moreno at cchs.csic.es

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