Mboko (containers)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Furnishings and Equipment (Hierarchy Name) > Containers (Hierarchy Name) > containers (receptacles) > <containers by form>

Descripción

Sacred gourds used in Luba villages in Central Africa by diviners to hold natural or manmade objects that are used in divination ceremonies. Distinct from "mboko (sculpture)", which are carved wooden figures of a woman carrying a bowl, used by the Luba people in ceremonies pertaining to divination or to the transfer of power.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263919

Otros términos

  • mboko (houders) [nl]
  • mboko (contenedor) [es]