Ovimbundu sculpture
Object type:
object to smoke and sniff > tobacco mortar
Materials:
wood, vegetal fibre
Legend:
This anthropomorphic box belonged to an ocimbanda (diviner). Apart from tobacco, it is highly likely that this type of container was sometimes used to keep certain remedies or vegetable powders for healing or magic purposes.
Place of collecting:
Angola > Benguela
Culture:
Ovimbundu
Field collector:
Robert Verly (°1901 - †1963)
Acquisition related person:
Royal Museums for Art and History - Brussels as exchange
Date of acquisition:
1967-12-29
Dimensions:
19,5 cm
Inventory number:
EO.1967.63.503