| Afoxé | |
| Background: | percussion |
| Names: | Afoxe' |
| Classification: | Idiophone |
| Hornbostel Sachs: | 112.122 |
| Hornbostel Sachs Desc: | Sliding rattles |
| Developed: | Brazil |
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.[1]
A similar instrument is the shekere which is larger.