Currently not on view
Friction oracle (itoom or itombwa),
before 1924
Kuba artist
y1953-142
Information
Title
Friction oracle (itoom or itombwa)
Dates
before 1924
Maker
Kuba artist
Medium
Wood and paint
Dimensions
h. 6.0 cm., l. 34.0 cm., w. 7.2 cm. (2 3/8 x 13 3/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband, Class of 1905
Object Number
y1953-142
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Type
Techniques
Subject
Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle, 1947. Collected by Joyce K. Doyle in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Belgian Congo) in or near Tshikapa (Kasai region) or Kinshasa between 1919 and 1923.
- Sarah Brett-Smith, "The Doyle Collection of African Art," in "The Doyle Collection of African Art," special issue, Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 2 (1983): p. 2, 8-34., p. 22, fig. 14
- "Gifts of Mrs. Donald B. Doyle in memory of her husband Donald B. Doyle, Class of 1905," in "The Doyle Collection of African Art," special issue Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 42, no. 2 (1983): p. 35-42., p. 41
