Crucifié "nkangi kititu" ·  R. D. Congo · ID: 3043757

Description

wood, base

Such crucifixes are important as they legitimize the power of their owners and played an important role during the investiture ritual of chiefs, during significant controversies, during judgements to prove to testify truthfully.
Somtimes they were also considered to have healing powers.

Littérature comparée

Musée du Quai Branly (ed.), Du Jourdain au Congo, Paris 2016, p. 50 f & 65

Publications

AHDRC: 0021078