Double Basket Rattle (Musambo)

Chokwe

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Chokwe. Double Basket Rattle (Musambo), late 19th or early 20th century. Leather, rattan fiber, 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (20.9 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1278. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Chokwe

Title

Double Basket Rattle (Musambo)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Geography

Possible place made: Angola, Possible place made: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Medium

Leather, rattan fiber

Classification

Musical Instrument

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (20.9 x 6.4 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

22.1278

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