Stick

Museum number:
5-821
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050000821
Accession number:
Acc.988
Description:
Rhythm sticks; large stick is omuolo; small stick is omupupusheke; translation of native term “ash girl things”; they are beaten with the ash girls’ solo and choir chants and when telling about deeds of great men, girls assume the character of great men during two month ceremony after the 4-day efundula, rhythm sticks also used during efundula
Donor:
University of California African Expedition
Collection place:
Namibia
Culture or time period:
Kuanyama Ambo
Collector:
Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection date:
Spring 1948
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stick, accession number 5-821, described as Rhythm sticks; large stick is omuolo; small stick is omupupusheke; translation of native term “ash girl things”; they are beaten with the ash girls’ solo and choir chants and when telling about deeds of great men, girls assume the character of great men during two month ceremony after the 4-day efundula, rhythm sticks also used during efundula

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