Bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The tan, half-round stick is made from a piece bamboo timber, split down the center. The top of the bamboo and the interior is smooth and polished. The top edge, bottom edge, and side edges of the bamboo are rough. The top and bottom edges have visible cut marks. The top edge has been cut with a rounded edge and the bottom edge has been roughly cut in a slightly diagonal direction.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: mid 20th-early 21st century
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Charles Rudolph Davis, American, 1937 - 2017
• Type: sticks
• Type: percussion instruments
• Medium: bamboo
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 13 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (35 × 7 × 4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Modern dance
• Topic: Music
• Object number: A2018.98.1.5.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ngoma & Normadien Woolbright in memory of Dr. Chuck Davis
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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