Not only used as musical instruments, but also as a sculpture employed in religious and secular ceremonies involving dance and other rituals. This example assumes a double-chambered, dumbell shape with seeds inside each end of the rattan basketry form to produce lively, syncopated beats.
Double-chambered basketry rattles are part of an ensemble used by a Chokwe diviner to diagnose a client's problems. The rattle is used to invoke the diviner's tutelary ancestor.
Ex. Allen Davis Collection, Virgina
DIMENSIONS: Length: 13 5/8” x Diameter: 2 ½”
