Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure
Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure
Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure

Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure

Regular price $245.00
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Vintage Hand Carved Wood African Divination Figure

Female Bowl Bearer 

Luba People, DRC

Stands 12 1/2" Tall

Circa Early-Mid 20th Century

"Bowl bearer figures known as Mbokos, were used for personal divination. They commemorate the first mythical Luba diviner, and were primarily the preserve for royal diviners who used them as oracles."


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