Couple of divination rubs, oracles, Kuba,... - Lot 151 - De Baecque et Associés

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Couple of divination rubs, oracles, Kuba,... - Lot 151 - De Baecque et Associés
Couple of divination rubs, oracles, Kuba, Democratic Republic of Congo L. 33,5 cm Considered to be infallible instruments of divination, the rubbings or rubbing oracles, commonly known as itombwa, were indispensable to the diviner. Intermediaries and mediators with the spirit world, of which they were the receptacles and through which the wise man interpreted the signs, in particular in order to determine the causes of illnesses and to define appropriate treatments. Equipped with wooden pushers held by cords. The back is used to rub the instrument made of wood and fibres. Strength and intensity of the facial features of the two figures carved in relief. One with coffee bean eyes has a deep interiority as if he seemed to probe the spirits of the ancestors. The second, with his mouth and eyes wide open and wide-open, emanates astonishment.
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