BICPC ยท ETH.ANG3.525

Rattle

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Description

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 two dried snuff-box tree fruit shells (probably Oncoba spinosa Forssk.) filled with small, round, and black plant seeds, and attached to a wooden handle. The rattle is used in initiation ceremonies and is carried by the wearer of the ancestor spirit costume.

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