THIS GROUP OF FORKED WOODEN STICKS, KNOWN AS 'DHANQUEE', WOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY ETHIOPIAN PILGRIMS PARTAKING IN THE DIRE SHEIK HUSSEIN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE. A STRIKING COLLECTION, LIKELY FROM THE 1920'S, HAVE BEEN MOUNTED TO STAND [ THERE ARE ALSO INDIVIDUAL HAND FORGED BRONZE CLASPS FOR MOUNTING TO THE WALL, AVAILABLE ], THE DISTINCTIVE FORKED SHAPES OF THE DHANQUEE HOLDING THE GREATEST SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE SYMBOLIC STAFFS. IN ADDITION TO THEIR ROLE SIMPLY AS WALKING STICKS, THEY WOULD HAVE SERVED AS PROPS FOR THE DEVOUT TO LEAN ON DURING THE COMMUNAL PRAYERS, WHICH WERE ALWAYS UNDERTAKEN STANDING UP.
LITERATURE; CAROL BECKWITH & ANGELA FISHER (1990), AFRICAN ARK: PEOPLES OF THE HORN, PP. 178-9
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