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Divination Basket with Sixty-One Ritual Objects

Date

mid-20th century

Creator

Unrecorded Chokwe artist

Location

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

This divination set, like many others made by the Chokwe, makes use of an extraordinary array of forest and trade products. Fibers made from a forest tuber make up the majority of the basket, along with animal fur. Ivory and animal and insect parts make up the individual kapele, along with a variety of woods, metals, ceramics, gourds, seeds, pods, vines, cloth, vegetable products, and coatings. Many are intricately carved and assembled. from Morton, Dimensions of Power (South Bend, 2018)

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This divination set, like many others made by the Chokwe, makes use of an extraordinary array of forest and trade products. Fibers made from a forest tuber make up the majority of the basket, along with animal fur. Ivory and animal and insect parts make up the individual kapele, along with a variety of woods, metals, ceramics, gourds, seeds, pods, vines, cloth, vegetable products, and coatings. Many are intricately carved and assembled. from Morton, Dimensions of Power (South Bend, 2018)
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  • This divination set, like many others made by the Chokwe, makes use of an extraordinary array of forest and trade products. Fibers made from a forest tuber make up the majority of the basket, along with animal fur. Ivory and animal and insect parts make up the individual kapele, along with a variety of woods, metals, ceramics, gourds, seeds, pods, vines, cloth, vegetable products, and coatings. Many are intricately carved and assembled. from Morton, Dimensions of Power (South Bend, 2018)
  • This divination set, like many others made by the Chokwe, makes use of an extraordinary array of forest and trade products. Fibers made from a forest tuber make up the majority of the basket, along with animal fur. Ivory and animal and insect parts make up the individual kapele, along with a variety of woods, metals, ceramics, gourds, seeds, pods, vines, cloth, vegetable products, and coatings. Many are intricately carved and assembled. from Morton, Dimensions of Power (South Bend, 2018)
  • This divination set, like many others made by the Chokwe, makes use of an extraordinary array of forest and trade products. Fibers made from a forest tuber make up the majority of the basket, along with animal fur. Ivory and animal and insect parts make up the individual kapele, along with a variety of woods, metals, ceramics, gourds, seeds, pods, vines, cloth, vegetable products, and coatings. Many are intricately carved and assembled. from Morton, Dimensions of Power (South Bend, 2018)
Unrecorded Chokwe artist
mid-20th century
Basketry
Plant fiber, wood, animal fur, brass, bird horn, calabash gourd, red clay, corn cob, seeds, seed pod, chicken feet, ceramic, antelope hooves, unidentified ritual powder mixture
2011.036.009
Chokwe
divination objects
ritual objects
Not on view, please request access
5 x 11 1/4 x 12 5/8 in. (12.7 x 28.58 x 32.07 cm)
Gift of Owen D. Mort Jr

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