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Luba (Baluba, Kaluba, Louba, Uruwa, Waluba, Warua), Democratic Republic of the Congo

Divination Board. The Luba inhabit the vast savanna, rolling hills, and scrubby forests of Shaba, a province of present day southeastern DRC. The Luba art counts amongst the finest that Africa has to offer and has had enormous influence over neighboring peoples. A new cult, outlawing the ancestor cult, has been the cause of an almost systematic destruction of their traditional art. This board is a part of the equipment of diviner. It presents images of founding ancestress and those taken from mythology of the Luba people.

Material: wood, bone

Size: H. 17”, W. 8½”, D. 1½”

Price: $230 + $31 (S&H)                                            [#B8L5O981]

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