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Place of Origin: Congolese
African Luba Mboko Vessel, c. 1900
African Luba Mboko Vessel, c. 1900

African Luba Mboko Vessel, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

Receiving guidance from tribal ancestors was a central aspect of the Luba people's spiritual practices. This ceramic spiritually significant vessel is topped with a crossed leg figure whose head has an opening critical for a divination ritual. Known as an mboko, this handled vessel would have been filled with items like antelope horns, shells, dried beetles, human teeth...

Category

Early 20th Century Tribal Congolese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ethnic Design-Anthromorphic Figural Vessel in Blackened Terracotta
Ethnic Design-Anthromorphic Figural Vessel in Blackened Terracotta

Ethnic Design-Anthromorphic Figural Vessel in Blackened Terracotta

Located in Leuven , BE

This fine, round, dark grey vessel depicts a complete figure which is rare. It was made by the Mangbetu People. The Mangbetu ethnic group lives deep in the...

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20th Century Congolese Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

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