AE.0612

Kraftbildnis (Nkisi); sitzender Mann

Kongo [people], Yombe [people]

To the Kongo, the 'minkisi' are personalized powers from the invisible land of the dead. Those who call upon the minkisi expect support in their adversit, whether an unsolved crime (a theft, for instance), an illness or a death attributed to hidden powers or witchcraft. In general they are divided into two types on the basis of their function: aggressive 'minkisi' hunt and punish wrongdoers; benign 'minkisi' promote the common good and the fertility of women and crops.

Democratische Republiek Congo

voor 1920

wood (plant material), iron, horn (animal material), raffia, cotton (fibre), bone, cord (fibre product), resin (organic material), fibre, claws (animal components), pigment, glass (material), gourd, plate glass

1920-04-13

Kauf - Pareyn, Henri