Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure faceted which include the horseshoe crabs

which include the horseshoe crabs and spiders

Classic Antiqued Patina

Height: 9 5/8"

Ambrotypes were an early form of photography using a wet plate collodion process to transfer a positive image on a sheet of glass

Frame Measures 15 3/8" x 17 1/4"

Vintage Luba Mboko Divination Figure faceted which include the horseshoe crabsVintage 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."