pair of leg rattles, unrecorded Chokwe artist

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unrecorded Chokwe artist, pair of leg rattles
unrecorded Chokwe artist, pair of leg rattles
unrecorded Chokwe artist
pair of leg rattles
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Chokwe artist, artist
pair of leg rattles, late 1800s–1914
Where object was made: Angola
Material/technique: plant fiber; dried fruit of the Oncoba spinosa tree; weaving
Credit line: Gift of Claude D. Brown
Accession number: 2007.0863.a,b
Not on display
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"Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection," Feb-2000
Masked dancers and boys involved in initiation, the ritual transition between childhood and adulthood, wore seedpod rattles on their legs. The Chokwe believed seedpod rattles could ward off disease and other forms of evil. Chokwe sometimes tied the rattles to their doors as fertility charms.

Exhibitions

Chokwe Art from the Claude D. Brown Collection
2000