File:Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people - Female Bowl-Bearing Figure - 2010.454 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Female Bowl-Bearing Figure   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Female Bowl-Bearing Figure
Object type Wood
Description
This bowl-bearing figure functioned as an oracle for a royal diviner who used it to reveal the origin of problems brought to his attention. The diviner would dispense to his patient a mixture of medicinal substances and chalk from the bowl. This sculpture also served to protect and heal the local village as a whole.
Date late 1800s-early 1900s
Medium Wood, glass beads, brass, iron
Dimensions Overall: 40.8 x 16.1 x 27.3 cm (16 1/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
African Art
Accession number
2010.454
Place of creation Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people
Credit line René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.454

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