teponaztli
Sign in to saveAlso known as quiringua, tepenahuasqui, teponagua, teponahuaztli, teponaxtle, tinco, tunkul
350px|right|thumb|A drawing from the 16th century Florentine Codex showing a One Flower ceremony with a teponaztli (foreground) and a [[huehuetl (background).]] thumb|This is a type of teponaztli made out of a turtle shell or ayotapalcatl A teponaztli is a type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures.
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Teponaztli
- Instrument.image
- Two Teponaztli.jpg
- Instrument.image_capt
- These 2 drums in the American Museum of Natural History are approximately 2 feet (60 cm) long.
- Instrument.background
- percussion
- Instrument.classification
- Percussion
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 111.2
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- Percussion idiophones
- Instrument.related
- temple blocks, Log drums, muyu, wood block
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Wikidata facts
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 111.2
- Commons category
- Teponaztli
- used by
- Aztec
- reference URL
- dem.colmex.mx/Ver/teponaztle
- indigenous to
- Mexico
- described at URL
- doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2294895
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Use
- Strokes
- Notes
- References
- External links
350px|right|thumb|A drawing from the 16th century Florentine Codex showing a One Flower ceremony with a teponaztli (foreground) and a [[huehuetl (background).]] thumb|This is a type of teponaztli made out of a turtle shell or ayotapalcatl A teponaztli is a type of slit drum used in central Mexico by the Aztecs and related cultures.
==Structure==
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