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" Ndembu ng'ombu yakusekula, which means literally, "divination by shaking up or tossing (objects in a basket)." The diviner keeps a set of from twenty to thirty objects of various shapes, sizes, and colors in a round basket with a lid. When he divines... "
Applying the Canon in Islam: The Authorization and Maintenance of ... - Page 4
by Brannon M. Wheeler - 1996 - 324 pages
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Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual

Victor Witter Turner - Reference - 1975 - 364 pages
...ng'ombu yakusekula, which means literally, "divination by shaking up or tossing (objects in a basket)." The diviner keeps a set of from twenty to thirty objects...and with reference to their relative height in the heap. Before throwing he asks his apparatus a question. Then he throws three times, after each throw...
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