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23. Divination Basket (Ngombo Ya Cisuka) and Miniature Divination Figurines (Tuphele)
Chokwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
Basket: fiber, organic material; Diam. 28 cm (11 in.)
Figurines: wood; H. 5.5–9 cm (2 1/8–3 1/2 in.)
19th–20th century
Musée d'Ethnographie, Neuchâtel

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