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Iron scissor blades

Traditional musical or stage instrument documented in Danza de tijeras (Ayacucho & Huancavelica, Peru).

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Classification
Instrument
Origin / Scope
Peru
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Iron scissor blades is recorded in the Folkroom archive among the core instruments of Danza de tijeras in Ayacucho & Huancavelica, Peru.

Quechua ritual competition dance of the southern Peruvian Andes performed with polished iron blades clashed in the dancer's right hand to violin and harp.

Used in traditions

1
Danza de tijeras
Ayacucho & Huancavelica, Peru · Dance
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Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Danza de tijeras — Primary Archival Dossier (Peru)Representative List, 2010CC BY-SA 4.0
"Iron scissor blades." Folkroom Archive (Instruments), https://folkroom.org/instruments/iron-scissor-blades · CC BY-SA 4.0.