"nkisi" fetish "mbwanza minka uda mvula" ·  R. D. Congo · ID: 3041382

Description

bundle of magical loading attached to the tip of a bird beak, wrapped with strips of cloth and equipped with magical attachments (iron bell, pieces of wood, shells and seed capsules); additional: small pouch from tightly knotted plant fibre weave with magical contents;
according to handwritten note by the missionary Carl Niklas Börrisson this fetish was called “mbwanza minka uda mvula” and was used to make rain as well as to make the sky clear up. The fetish belonged to Kapita Kodila(e) from Hatsa(u).
The range of possible forms of a “nkisi” was indefinite. Besides the impressive anthropomorphic and zoomorphic forms, many “minkisi” took the shape of a bag, a basket, a box, a bottle, a pot, a small chest or any other type of container that could hold the “medicines”. Ritual experts “banganga” regularly impressed thier clients with innovations

L’objet “nkisi” fetish “mbwanza minka uda mvula” avec l’ID d’objet 3041382 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 84th Tribal Art Auction dans 5 novembre 2016 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 363 a atteint un prix de vente de 600 €.

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Littérature comparée

Cooksey, Susan et. al., Kongo across the waters, Gainesville 2013, p. 202 f.