Two oracle figures
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanyWolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 8 cm resp. 8,5 cm
H: 3.1 inch resp. 3.3 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, metal socle;
several of these small figures were in the diviner’s basket, after he shaked the basket, he interpreted the cause for a stroke of fate or told the future according to the position of figures now on top.