Small power figure "nkisi" · 

R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3032874

Description

wood, slightly shiny brown patina, loincloth of sacking, a piece of fur on the breast, blue bead necklace, hole on top of the head, min. dam., fissures, 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.