Panier divinatoire "mboko" · R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3047113
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyDescription
plant fibre, sticky sacrificial patina (figure),
These small baskets are an essential part of the equipment of a fortune teller “bilumbu” that are used for divination.
Besides objects from nature (bird beak, cowry shell, fur, wood) they always contain man-made objects (iron chain, glass ornament).
Littérature comparée
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 195