Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke"

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Description

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During a consultation, client and diviner together hold the oracle, which responds to their questions with coded movements.

“Kashekesheke” is one of the oldest Luba forms of divination, a technique to reconstruct memories and personal histories for purposes of problem-solving.

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Comparing literature

Roberts, Mary Nooter & Allan F. Roberts, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 182 ff.

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