The ''eo'' () or tiger is a wooden

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carved in the shape of a

tiger The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is ...

with a serrated back, played by running a

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whisk across the serrations. The instrument is often played to punctuate the ends of sections of music. It is derived from the Chinese yu. On the back of the tiger is a ''jeoeo'' (저어, ) that looks like 27 saws. When the music stops, the performer knocks and scratches this ''jeoeo'' through the ''jin'' () and gives a signal.

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