Owner: HWMC
Catalog#: AF-IDST-182-14
Dr. Walter Mason Collection – Elizabeth Bennett, Africa Direct, Denver, CO
Rattles
Chokwe 'Musambo' Rattle
Angola/Zambia/Democratic Republic of Congo
Chokwe
Wood, cane, seedpod
Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Length: 14 in
Idiophone – Struck Indirectly – Shaken -Rattle
This basketry rattle called ‘musambo’ is part of an ensemble of paraphernalia used by a Chokwe diviner to diagnose a client’s problem. The skillfully braided basketry rattle, made in a spherical shape, is used to invoke the diviner’s tutelary ancestor. Provenance: Dr. Walter Mason Collection