Divining instrument "kashekesheke" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3041252

Name: Divining instrument "kashekesheke"
SKU: 3041252
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

French Private Collection

Size

H: 14 cm

H: 5.5 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, pierced rectangular corpus, crowned by stylized human head, min. dam., cracks, abrasionof paint;
Luba diviners use “kashekesheke” in order to solve social problems.

The object Divining instrument “kashekesheke” with the object ID 3041252 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 418.

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