Friction oracle "kakishi" for "kashekesheke" divination rituals ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3044788

Description

wood, base

The “kakishi” is placed on a woven mat on the ground between the diviner and the client. The suppliant addresses his questions to the “kakishi”, and then diviner and client insert their first two fingers into the space that constitutes the body of the device. The “kakishi” moves in various patterns, which signify “yes” or “no” answers or no answer at all.

The object Friction oracle “kakishi” for “kashekesheke” divination rituals with the object ID 3044788 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 285.

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Comparing literature

LaGamma, Alisa, Art and Oracle, New York 2000, p. 15