Kavela

Item

Title

Kavela

Subject

Person

Description

Kavela was a Kwanyama smith who forged and smelted several objects in the 1930s which are now held by the Powell-Cotton Museum. He is named as the owner of an enclosure in Diana Powell-Cotton's 1936 Diary - p. 104 onward.

Source

Tony Powell-Cotton

Diana Powell-Cotton

1936

Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing 'Angola 1936' on cover - p. 50

Duplicate Memorandum Book with pencil writing ‘Angola 1936’ on cover

Diana Powell-Cotton's 1936 Diary - p. 104 onward

The Powell-Cotton Museum

Relation

Kavela was involved of the creation of the following objects:

Hoe, rectangular metal head, wooden shaft with short top handle

Spear, heavy rough metal blade, bound in leather, long straight wooden shaft

Space/Place

Enclosure of Kavela. After last bend of the River Poponde. Before Mupa. [HFD 20/07/2021]

Angola

Africa

Cultural group: Kwanyama

Item sets

Restoring location, exhibiting space and mapping absence

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Title	Alternate label	Class
Spear, metal head and spike, leather covered shaft with hair tuft		Physical Object
Spear, heavy rough metal blade, bound in leather, long straight wooden shaft		Physical Object
Hoe, rectangular metal head, wooden shaft with short top handle		Physical Object