Small power figure "nkisi" ·  D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3032350

Description

wood, partly shiny brown patina, bowlegs, showing typical facial features and a cavity for the insertion of magical mass, cooper nail on top of the head, min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts, on wooden base;
smaller “nkisi” were kept inside the house in order to protect its inhabitants. They were often handed down from one generation to the next. These small “mankisi” were even taken along when people left their homes.