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A rainstick is a long, hollow tube of bamboo or dried cactus that is partially flooded with small pebbles, rice, dried beans, or other hard granular matter. The inside surface of the tube has small pins or thorns arranged helically. When the stick is rotated and held upright, the pebbles fall to the other end of the tube, bouncing off the internal…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainstick | Classification | percussion instrument | 1.00 | infobox |
| Rainstick | Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 112.13+133.1 (vessel rattle with friction) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Rainstick | Inventor(s) | Multiple possible origins: best known is the Mapuche design; similar instruments in Southeast Asia, Africa and Australia | 1.00 | infobox |
| Rainstick | is a | long | 0.90 | text |
| Eulychnia acida | instance of | Mapuche rainsticks are usually made from any of several species of cactus | 0.80 | text |
| Echinopsis pachanoi | instance of | Mapuche rainsticks are usually made from any of several species of cactus | 0.80 | text |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | Exploratorium Article Make | 0.60 | section |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | The Rain Golden Stick | 0.60 | section |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | Christine | 0.60 | section |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | Carmen Fies | 0.60 | section |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | Rainsticks | 0.60 | section |
| Rainstick | related to Further reading | Integrating Culture | 0.60 | section |
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