Cambarysu
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cambarysu-260-17478436
title:
Cambarysu
text:
The cambarysu was a drum which Jose Bach said he saw the Catuquinaru tribe of Brazil use, when he visited them in 1896–97, to communicate between villages. It consisted of a hollow palm-wood cylinder about 1 m deep and 40 cm in diameter, filled with a layer of fine sand at the bottom, then a layer of pieces of wood, pieces of bone, and pulverised mica, with a narrow empty space above it, capped by leather, then wood, and then rubber on top. It was half buried in a hole in the ground, surrounded
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Device purportedly used by a Brazilian tribe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambarysu
date created:
date modified:
2023-03-29T18:36:21Z
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13
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