Power figure "khonso"

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Description

wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, arm- and legless body, the human head surmounted by animal horns, drilled holes (ears), min. dam., cracks, socle;
this carving with oblong ventral cavity is used for drinking a prepared potion. The “khonso” was used for hunting rites.

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Comparing literature

Bourgeois, Arthur P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden 1985, pl. XXV, ill. 2

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