Crouching figure "mvunzi"

---

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, elongated thin extremities, elaborate coiffure, min. dam., missing parts (base), cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
presumably a magical figure “mvunzi”, who protects humans against certain evil spirits. The main fortuneteller usually possesses such “mvunzi”, who employs them in cases of sickness, for theft or for the hunt.

---

Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, Die Kunst der Holo, München 1982, p. 60, ill. 17

---