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Divining instrument "kashekesheke" ·  R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3036460

Vendu 1 400 €
Provenance
Edouard d’Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901-1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects.
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, poker work, frame-like corpus with a rectangular hole in the middle, crowned by a stylized human head, min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, base;
Luba diviners use “kashekesheke” in order to solve social problems. Among groups to the north of Luba, most notably the Songye, a similar technique is called “katadora”. During a consultation, client and diviner together held the sculpture, which responded to their questions either yes or no.


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