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Start Over Object class Woodcarvings (visual works) Accession number Acc.3510
Hearst Museum object titled Wood carved alligator, accession number 5-13886, described as Itombwa., Zaire, Kuba attr. ("Lewa" according to appraiser- may be Kuba sub-tribe). . 5-13886, acc no. 3510. Orig. No. 57999e. File code: 5.1 Collector: unknown Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye. Materials, techniques: Wood, copper, fiber Context of use: Divination figure. A series of alternatives are stated while rubbing the flat back of the animal figure with a wetted nut or wooden piece; when this sticks and does not fall off when the figure is inverted, the correct statement is indicated. Description: Figure; crocodile divination figure, dark-stained wood; copper ring with 2 pendant white cowries around neck; incised crosshatching on nose and tail, encircling bands on neck; midsection crosshatched on one side, rectangles in relief on other; l. 31.7 cm. References: Bascom, w., African Art in Cultural Perspective, fig. 115 and p. 158-59.

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