Indonesian Incised Divination Oracle

A lizard crawls down the bone, engraved in fine hatched lines.

This incised divination oracle is from Timor, Indonesia, and dates to the 20th century. It is incised bone and wood. In parts of eastern Indonesia, divination devices of bone, wood and other materials have generally been used to consult ancestral spirits, though practices vary widely from place to place. The broad, flat bone is pale and worn, engraved with a long-tailed lizard, rows of small dashes and a band of diamonds. A carved head tops the narrow end, and a fringe of thin wooden slats hangs below. It sits on a black metal stand. It is 7.5 inches wide and 19.5 high.

Plenty of questions, presumably, and a lizard to answer them.