Divining instrument "kashekesheke" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3035464

Name: Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
SKU: 3035464
Price: 600 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 600

Provenance

Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901 - 1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects.
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 11 cm

H: 4.3 inch

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, frame-like corpus with a rectangular hole in the middle, crowned by a stylized human head, min. dam., slight traces of usage, socle;
Luba diviners use “kashekesheke” in order to solve social problems. Among groups to the north of Luba, most notably the Songye, a similar technique is called “katadora”. During a consultation, client and diviner together held the sculpture, which responded to their questions either yes or no.

The object Divining instrument “kashekesheke” with the object ID 3035464 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 363 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.

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