File:Clevelandart 2010.454.jpg
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[edit]Female Bowl-Bearing Figure
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Female Bowl-Bearing Figure |
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Filled with white chalk-a symbol of the moon, purity, renewal, and the spirit world-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. The female figure was typically identified as the wife of the diviner's possessing spirit, thus expressing the belief that women were the most powerful spirit containers in both life and art. In fact, the diviner's actual wife often acted as an intermediary in the consultation. The sculpture also served to protect and heal the village as a whole. Luba bowls bridge the visible and invisible realms enabling insight for the diviner. |
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| Date | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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2010.454 |
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| Place of creation | Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba people, late 19th-early 20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.454 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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