Rattle, pierced gourd filled with grain, used by woman curing the sick, along with drumming.
Item
Title
Rattle, pierced gourd filled with grain, used by woman curing the sick, along with drumming.
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Spiritual
Medicine
Description
This rattle (lusangu) would have been used by a medicine woman to administer to people of any gender. It was used alongside drumming. This is all according to the Duplicate Memorandum Book (see below).
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c. 1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Gourd
Grain
Identifier
ETH.ANG2.470
1557 (Old Number)
Source
1936
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 67
Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton
Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 67
Space/Place
Africa
Angola
12km south of Mupa.
Cultural group: Tchokwe/Tchibokwe
[HFD 21/07/2021]
Angola
12km south of Mupa.
Cultural group: Tchokwe/Tchibokwe
[HFD 21/07/2021]
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust