Rattle, spider cocoons (?) or eggs. Worn on legs and filled with stones for dancing
Item
Title
Rattle, spider cocoons (?) or eggs. Worn on legs and filled with stones for dancing
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Ornament
Description
Potentially owned by an 'old, blind woman' according to Diana Powell-Cotton's 1936 Diary. Generally, worn by a man or woman. One would wear a rattle on each leg and were used for dancing. The rattles were filled with small stones. The cocoons are called ononkiti, an ankle is viokowolu, the dance is ochiwanga wanga and a spider is onikiti. This is according to the Duplicate Memorandum Book (see below).
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c. 1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Spider Cocoon or Eggs
Stones
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.820
1367 (Old Number)
Source
1936
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 42
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 42
Space/Place
Africa
Angola
Enclosure of Vahanda man named Kahola and wife Katalina (nee Mekunde). Between two bends of River Poponde. Between Cuvelai and Mupa.
Cultural group: Vahanda
[HFD 13/07/2021]
Angola
Enclosure of Vahanda man named Kahola and wife Katalina (nee Mekunde). Between two bends of River Poponde. Between Cuvelai and Mupa.
Cultural group: Vahanda
[HFD 13/07/2021]
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust