BICPC ยท ETH.ANG3.541 A

Claves

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Description

This instrument was collected in the field by Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton, and is used for beating time during the "efundula" dances of the Kwanyama people. It is a pair of wooden rhythm sticks ("omwolo"), or claves, cut to roughly equal lengths, stripped of bark and rendered smooth. One of the sticks is made of denser wood.

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