Ondunga

Item

Title

Ondunga
Palm nut

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Rattle
Music

Description

Small round dark brown coloured nut, used for rattles and pendants
Ondunga fruit, or palm nut, which grows on a makalani tree. They can be eaten and have a sweet nutty taste and can be brewed to make an alcohol drink. They are used to make a number of different things including dolls. NSty 08/2021

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Plant; Nut

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.T1
O.N. 311

Source

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Relation

Makalani on wikipedia
Hand rattle made of two round fruits with small round holes in them, on a wooden stick.
Woman with doll
Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Palm nut doll
Double palm fruit doll with green and blue beaded collar
Palm nut doll dressed in hide and skin back and front aprons.
Doll, made from palm nuts, adorned with textile apron and glass bead fringe
Ondunga, Palm Nut

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust

Item sets

PCM object collections
Food

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Title Alternate label Class
Ondunga, Palm Nut Physical Object
Hand rattle made of two round fruits with small round holes in them, on a wooden stick. Physical Object