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Description : pumpkin, wood, quartz crystal, Objects like this, complete with calabash and added magical elements, are very rare. Rare is also the addition of quartz crystal. A comparable object published in Roberts & Maurer, 1985, p. 28, ill. 18 (AHDRC 0029772). According to Biebuyck half figures in calabashes, called kabwelulu, were used by the bugabo society. New members were required to make large monetary contributions and were subjected to a complex and physically grueling initiation. During initiations, novices would place in the gourd certain secret items that would accumulate over time until the sculpture acquired a power far greater than any of its parts. Kabwelulu were used for healing and divination. Continent: Africa
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