Divining Board; has black feathers; 6.75" x 3.5", 17.15cm x 8.86cm Potentially pesponsible cames of people/spirits are called out while the board is rubbed; when it sticks, that's it. Used by private, non-professional diviners.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies