Along an African Border: Angolan Refugees and Their Divination Baskets

by Sonia Silva

Book Overview

The divination baskets of south Central Africa are woven for a specific purpose. The baskets, known as lipele, contain sixty or so small articles, from seeds, claws, and minuscule horns to wooden carvings. Each article has its own name and symbolic meaning, and collectively they are known as jipelo. For the Luvale and related peoples, the lipele is more than a container of souvenirs; it is a tool, a source of crucial information...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222687
• ISBN13: 9780812222685
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"