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Description : wood, red pigment, plant fibre, sacrificial traces, rest. Friction oracles were used to mediate between diviners and omniscient nature spirits ngesh in order to determine the cause of illnesses and appropriate courses of treatment, as well as to expose dishonesty. Friction oracles of the Kuba are predominantly zoomorphic in form, representing bush pig, dog or mostly a crocodile. A saying of the Kuba is the crocodile never lies. When initiating a consultation, the diviner moistens the implement with oil or water and rubs it on the friction oracle's back. For a medical consultation, the diviner performs the action while making a series of statements about potential measures that might be taken (for example, don't eat manioc, don't smoke tobacco, etc.), when the most appropriate treatment is mentioned, the rubbing implement suddenly stops moving, and the diviner feels it resisting his efforts and sticking to the surface of the oracle. Continent: Africa
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About the lot N° 256
Title : Friction Oracle Itombwa In Crocodile Form - D. R. Congo, Kuba
Size : L: 40 cm, H: 7,5 cm, L: 15,7 inch, H: 3,0 inch
Provenance : Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany German Private Collection (1982) Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 148
Literature : LaGamma, Alisa, Art and Oracle, African Art and Rituals of Divination, The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York 2000, p. 44 f.
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 95. Auction
Sale date : 24 Oct 2020 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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