rattle-staff
- Museum number
- Af1996,01.1
- Description
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Rattle-staff, of narrow cylindrical form, made of interwoven split cane. Two ends of rattle are covered with caps made of narrow lengths of interwoven fibre. Flat tear-shaped seeds act as rattles inside cane tube.
- Production date
- 1930-1945 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 161 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 6 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Eth.Doc.136.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; numerous loose seeds, cane casing damaged in places.
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Acquisition notes
- Af1996,01.1 to 12 were given by J D Clarke (qv). With the exception of nos.1 and 5 they are all carvings by Bámigbóyè, of whom Clarke was a major patron, employing him between 1933 and 1945 at the school he founded in Omu-Aran.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1996,01.1