Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke", D. R. Congo, Luba, Size: H: 13 cm (H: 5.1 inch), ID: 3051109

Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke", D. R. Congo, Luba, Size: H: 13 cm (H: 5.1 inch), ID: 3051109 - 2/6

Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke", D. R. Congo, Luba, Size: H: 13 cm (H: 5.1 inch), ID: 3051109 - 3/6

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Lot 386

Friction oracle "katatola" ("katatora") or "kashekesheke" · D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3051109

sold EUR 1,900

Provenance

Erwin & Susanne Melchardt, Vienna, Austria

Size

H: 13 cm

H: 5.1 inch

Description

wood,

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.

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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