Zoomorphic friction oracle "itombwa"/ "itwoom" · D. R. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3050741
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Provenance
Fred Jahn, Munich, GermanyPeter Haslacher, Munich, Germany (1982)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 148
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 October 2020, Lot 256
Size
L: 40 cm
H: 7,5 cm
L: 15.7 inch
H: 3.0 inch
Description
wood, two-part, pigments, rest.
The object Zoomorphic friction oracle “itombwa”/ “itwoom” with the object ID 3050741 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 238.
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Comparing literature
LaGamma, Alisa, Art and Oracle, African Art and Rituals of Divination, The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 2000, p. 44 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0179081