Zemanek-Münster

Divining instrument "kashekesheke"

D. R. Congo, Luba
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

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