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Kwenxo

Kwenxo *percussion idiophone of the Yuman Indians of the Western U.S., consisting of an ordinary household basket turned upside down and used as a drum. Played with drumsticks or with the palms of both hands (52). Densmore, Frances. “Yuman and Yaki Music,” Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 110. Washington, 1932.

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