Box drum
Vernacular Name
- Cajon peruano
Maker
A Tempo Percusion EIRL
Date2011 ca.
Place MadeLima, Peru, South America
ModelClásico Estádar
SignedStamped on side: A tempo / Percusion / ClasicoDescriptionThis deceptively simple box is often played sitting on top while striking the sides with hands or fingers, creating different sounds depending on where it’s struck. Accompanying everything from folk to pop, it’s played worldwide today — but to get there it first traveled through Peru. Many enslaved Africans taken to Peru were forced to load freight in shipyards, where some made traditional African box drums from shipping crates. The instrument became popular as the cajón — Spanish for “crate.”
Made of Mohena and Requia (Peruvian hardwoods) with a cedar veneer.DimensionsHeight: 475 mm
Width: 296 mm
Depth: 325 mm
Soundhole diameter: 105 mmProvenancePresented to the National Music Museum by Guido Loayza, the Consul General of Peru, September 30, 2011.
Credit LineGift of A Tempo Percusion EIRL, 2011
Object number14607
On View
On view
1970 ca.
