Ancient Mexican Instruments

Important ancient Mexican musical instruments included:

• Ayacatchtly, a gourd or gourd shaped rattle made from clay or gold.
• Ayotol, a tortoiseshell struck with deer’s antlers.
• Coyolli, made of copper, dried fruit, gold or nutshells, often strung around a dancer’s waist or legs.
• Omichicahuaztli, ma rasp made from the bone of a deer or a deer like animal and hollowed log slit drum idiophone.
• Huehuetl, a simple headed drum.
• Atecocoli, a conch trumpet.
• Huilacapiztli, a clay whistle.
• Tepuzquiquiztli, a wooden or metal trumpet.
• Tlapitzalli, an end-blown clay or bone tubular duct flute with four holes.

Please click on the link below for pictures of some of these instruments.

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Also please click on the link below for pictures of Mexico's traditional Mariachi Festival

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