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Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Diviner's Basket (Ngombo Ya Cisuka) and Miniature Divination Figures (Tuphele)
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Diviner's Basket (Ngombo Ya Cisuka) and Miniature Divination Figures (Tuphele)

Artist/Maker (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia)
Date20th century
Mediumplant fiber, wood, copper alloy, iron, fur, gourd, bone, horn, glass beads, pottery, shell, nuts, stone, feathers and pigments
DimensionsOverall (Basket): 2 3/8 × 12 1/8 × 12 1/4 in. (6 × 30.8 × 31.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Terms
    Object number93.0002
    DescriptionThe diviner, empowered by ancestors, shakes the basket and interprets the meaning of tuphele that come to rest facing his client.
    On View
    On view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Akan people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hausa people
    ca. 1960
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    mid 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bamana people
    mid 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dan people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bushoong people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Robert Rivera
    1984
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Hausa people
    collected between 1960-1973
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nigeria, Yoruba people
    mid 20th century