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Power half figure "kakudji"

R. D. Congo, Luba
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Provenance
Joseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium
Taille
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch

Description

light brown wood, encrusted brown patina, sacrificial traces, animal hair, hole on top of the head filled with remains of magical mass, reduced facial features, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
magical materials included items thought to have rare and enhancing life powers, such as pulverized fragments of human bone, or the hair of twins. By supplying the object in this way, the ritual specialist invites the spirit to inhabit the receptacle, which can then be used to assist with particular tasks.


Littérature comparée

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 201, ill. 83

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