Sorcerer
Bakongo · Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: MYA-4
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- Height
- 37 cm
- Material
- Wood, vegetable fiber, bamboo sheets and pigments.
Sorcerer eating a root of the hallucinogenic plant “iboga”. The root of iboga It's a drug that has a great influence on social life. An initiate…
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Full original description
Sorcerer eating a root of the hallucinogenic plant “iboga”. The root of iboga It's a drug that has a great influence on social life. An initiate cannot participate in the cult if he has not seen the Bwiti and the only way to see the Bwiti is to eat iboga. The ceremonies and dances associated with their consumption vary from region to region. Sorcerers and sorcerers consume it to communicate with the spirit world and act as an intercessor between the living and the dead. The priests who lead the cult consume it to enter into communion with the ancestors and ask for their advice.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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