Chokwe Divination Pendant, Angola

height 1 3/4in (4.5cm)

Provenance
Drs. Jean and Noble Endicott Collection, New York
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

Published
Phillips, Tom (Ed.), The Art of a Continent, Prestel, 2004, p. 269, fig. 4.39o

This rare pendant, finely sculpted as a stylized head with classic Chokwe features, would have been part of a variety of carved wooden objects contained in a Chokwe diviner's basket; rich, dark brown patina with ritual patination.