Cajita china

Cajita china (Sp.: small Chinese box), percussion instr. of Cuba: a wooden block, shaped like a brick, that has a slit running lengthwise from one narrow end to the other; the block is drummed on. It is frequently constructed in 2 parts, as a box with glued-on lid. Cf. Chinese block, nbogoi, popó (152). Ortiz, Fernando. Los Instrumentos de la música afrocubana. Havana, 1952–55.