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Object Number
39-64-50/3459
Display Title
Divination basket on gourd base containing 54 items of assorted materials
Descriptions
Object Description
Medicine man's divination basket made from portion of gourd for the base and with basketry wall. Decorative white paint has been applied at regular intervals around the outside perimeter. The basket is filled with divination objects (bones, carved fetishes, small gourds, spool, seed pods, etc... See /3460-/3514 for contents). The PM# is written in red on the base of the basket. Each divination object is numbered separately.; Medicine man's divination basket, portion of gourd for bottom with basketry top, coliled technique
Inventory Description
Basket, rounded gourd base, woven fiber top, white pigment stripes
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Chokwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benguela Highlands
Materials
Gourd, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 6.2 x 18 x 19 cm (2 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-64-50/3459
Credit Line
Gift of the Rev. Merlin W. Ennis
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Merlin W. Ennis
(1912-1939)
Donor
Rev. Merlin W. Ennis
(07/26/1939-08/18/1939)
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