1930.58.43.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Contents of a diviner's basket mounted inside a glass-topped drawer.

Long description

The contents include, wooden figures; animal hooves, claws, talons, bones and teeth; shells; plant seeds and nuts; miniature model tools; plant fibre, woven and un-woven; metal and beadwork ornaments; wood, stone and other material specimens; buttons; and glass. For the diviner's basket see [1930.58.43 .1] [RH [OPS move] 6/9/2017]

Geographical reference

Zambia

Africa > Eastern Africa > Zambia

Cultural groups

Luvale

Person

Field collector Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt

PRM source Thomas Stanley Fox Pitt

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1930

Date collected

By 1930

Acquisition information

Donated: 1930

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Animal Bone, Material Animal Part, Material Shell, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Process Carved, Process Cast, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Basketry

Dimensions

Depth: max 58 mm box, Width: max 575 mm box, Length: max 560 mm box

Object numbers

Accession number: 1930.58.43.2

Research and responses

Illustrated on page 30 as figure 8 with the caption 'Contents of a Zambian diviner's basket, including wooden figures, shells, seeds, nuts, buttons, glass and parts of animals (made before 1930). The diviner shakes the basket, and their reading is based on the objects that have risen to the top.'

Associated publications

Object: Divination Oracles and Omens. , Editor: Michelle Aroney; Editor: David Zeitlyn, Page: 30, Page illustrated: 30, Notes: Illustrated on page 30 as figure 8 with the caption 'Contents of a Zambian diviner's basket, including wooden figures, shells, seeds, nuts, buttons, glass and parts of animals (made before 1930). The diviner shakes the basket, and their reading is based on the objects that have risen to the top.'

Search terms: Divination Religion, Religion, Divination Accessory, Religious Object