Divination basket "mboko"
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95th Tribal Art AuctionDivination basket "mboko"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany | D: ca. 3.5 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
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).
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, Luba Art and the Making of History, New York 1996, p. 195