Bamboo clapstick owned by Dr. Baba Chuck Davis

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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 horizontal direction. There are two large chips along the interior, bottom edge at the corners.

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