Scraper (Fr.: racle, racleur; Ger.: Schraper; Sp.: raspadero), also called scraped idiophone. A solid or hollow body of wood, bone, shell, gourd, or other material is notched on its surface and scraped with a stick. It is found in paleolithic and neolithic Europe, in modern times in Flanders and Italy, Africa, Asia, America, S. Seas. See also: ayotl, banga-banga, cansar, caracacha, carrasca, cassuto, chara, charrasca, chicahuaztli, congoerá, faray, guacharaca, guayo, guïra, guïro, gyo, hiohkat…