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Democratic Republic of the Congo The actual Mboko or diviniation vessel is the one held by the seated figure here.These bowls are created to forecast future events and this is a good example of how knowledge and divination are visualized in Luba culture. Luba bowl figures commemorate the first mythical Luba diviner, Mijibu wa Kalenga, and were used by royal diviners who used them as oracles. This wonderful stylised figue was in the collection of Prof.Frans Olbrechts, the pioneer of researching African objects ‘and works of art’ in their own right. Cf. - Frans Olbrechts, "Plastiek van Kongo". Antwerpen, Brussel, Gent, Leuven: Uitgeversmij N.V. Standaard-Boekhandel, 1946.