Wood with attached feathers

Museum number:
5-1657
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Object count:
1
Description:
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
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wood with attached feathers, accession number 5-1657, described as 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wood with attached feathers, accession number 5-1657, described as 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood with attached feathers, accession number 5-1657, described as 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.

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