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Divination figure (Katakora)
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Divination figure (Katakora)

Maker Luba
Object number81.17.873
Exhibition HistoryCleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection, July 10 - Sept. 1, 1968 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Oct. 10 - Dec. 1, 1968). Text by William Fagg. Cat. no. 266, reproduced (as Divining Implement). Los Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 60, reproduced pl. 74 (as "Katatora").
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions5 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 2 3/16 in. (13.5 x 4.3 x 5.6 cm)
MediumWood
Photo: Paul Macapia
Luba
Object number: 81.17.871
Photo: Paul Macapia
Luba
Object number: 81.17.875
Amulet Figure: Female Ancestor
Luba
20th century
Object number: 68.237
Amulet Figure: Female Ancestor
Luba
20th century
Object number: 68.238
Amulet Figure: Female Ancestor
Luba
20th century
Object number: 68.239
Cup bearer (Mboko, Kabila)
Luba
Object number: 81.17.872
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Luba
Object number: 81.17.874
Comb with twin heads
Luba
Object number: 68.81
Caryatid stool
Hemba/Luba
Object number: 81.17.877
Luba(?)
Object number: 81.17.878