Divining instrument "kashekesheke" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3038141
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901-1985), territorial administrator, who served in the Belgian Congo from 1925 to 1952. He mainly collected Luba and Lega objects.Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 13 cm
H: 5.1 inch
Description
wood, shiny middle brown patina, pierced rectangular corpus, crowned by a stylized human head, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, base
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 183