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Rattle
This instrument, collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton, was presented by Father Laagel (Roman Catholic Mission), and is associated with the Umbundu tribe. It is a hand rattle ("olusangu") made of three dried snuff-box tree fruit shells (probably Oncoba spinosa Forssk.) filled with small, round, and black plant seeds, and attached to a tapered wooden handle. The rattle is used in initiation ceremonies and is carried by the wearer of the ancestor spirit costume.
- Date:
1930–7 - Maker:
- Collection:
Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Caconda (Timezone: Africa/Luanda) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Culture:Ovimbundu
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- Decorative elements:Small perforated round holes throughout the fruit shells.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Height: 340mm