Divination basket (tuphele or tupele)
Artist
Luvale Artist
Date1973
Made/manufacturedZambia, Africa
MediumBasket: Fiber (rattan, natural pigments) Contents: feline [and other animal] pelts; 3 carved wood figures of family (man, woman, child); turtle shell; various seed pods; hooves; chicken leg; ceramic shard; felt bundle; fiber bundle; wood and metal clothespin; iron bangle, gourd with medicines; bundled sticks; animal teeth; metal spoon handle; chalk; pumpkin stem, gourd top, wood “figure” with cloth wrapping (“corpse”), paternoster seed studded agglomeration, wood pieces coated with red ochre, metal bottle cap, leather adorned with white seed beads; bundle of wood ( represents a rifle);wood carving in form of penis; carved ebony object; gourd bowl with brown powder, woody stems and gourd top; rectangular wood carving with pyroengraved depressions; animal bones with hide; braided rattan encrusted with clayey substance
DimensionsOverall (Approximate uncovered): 32 x 32 x 4 in. (81.28 x 81.28 x 10.16 cm)
Overall (Approximate covered): 12 x 12 x 6 in. (30.48 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm)
Overall (Approximate covered): 12 x 12 x 6 in. (30.48 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Dr. Anita Spring
Object number2023.31.1
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