Fetish Nkissi Female
Large fetish widely spread in male and female versions throughout large areas of the former Zaire, now Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
FET-50
Supernatural forces
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Monkey Bulu
Ethnic protection fetish Bulu, south of Camerun.
FET-49
Martillo de Divinacion
This divinatory hammer or also called gong hammer represents a woman, delicately sculpted, with her neck ringed, symbol of feminine beauty.
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Martillo de Divinacion
Small rough-looking hammer possibly made by the loom owner.
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Martillo de Divinacion
Beautiful sculpture in this hammer of divination depicting a woman touching a chest with a recha hand and belly with a left…
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Martillo de Divinacion
This divination hammer is topped by a Bon Num Amwin mask, which suggests that it has belonged to a fortune teller as…
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Martillo de Divinacion
Old gong hammer, destined to mark the rhythms of divinatory rites.
MART-1
Spirit Box
Called a box of spirits is meant to keep the relics of ancestors.
RCPT-11
Cantimplora
Cantimplora built from a species of African pumpkins. Used to conserve and transport drinking water.
VAR-9
Monkey
Little piedar figure depicting a monkey covering his eyes. It is used in divinatory practices.
MYA-16
Figure A Lo Jano
Cut stone, rather flattened, with two faces opposite the skull and two faces on the lower flat, one on each side.
MYA-17
Anthropozoomorph figure
Small terracotta used in divinatory practices, on which a figure with an indefinite character sits, whose head could be that of an…
MYA-18
Mouse Oracle
Of all the divinatory practices employed in Africa, one of the most well-known in the Western world is undoubtedly the oracle of…
OYA-9
Martillo de Divinacion
Hammer called gong and used in divinatory practices, finished with a head that has the form of goat or small antelope.
MART-2
Martillo de Divinacion
Percussion hammer used to mark the rhythms of divinatory practices topped with an animal head of difficult interpretation.
MART-3
Martillo de Divinacion
Magnificent sculpture of a remarkable baulé with a Bon Num Awin mask on its head.
MART-4
Martillo de Divinacion
Magnificent sculpture of a remarkable woman baulé with a masked Bon Num Awin on her head.
MART-5
Martillo de Divinacion
Small hammer of percussion that presents the figure of a remarkable boulé delicately sculpted, with a fine strokes and an expression of…
MART-6
Fetiche Basongo
Small fetish that also serves as a reliquary. It is one of the so-called “mirror”.
FET-51
Goitre
They are primarily intended for personal or community protection against acts of sorcery that could lead to epidemics, wars, malnutrition or…
FET-52
Fetiche Nkissi A Lo Jano
The statues Minkissi ( sing.: Nkissi) of the Kongolike all the Nkissi, are protective figures that acquire their strength and power after…
FET-53
Horn of fortune teller
Horn of koba or male hypothragus, antelope horse, which carries inside seeds to mark divinatory rhythms.
MYA-19
Adivinatory Snake
Snake used in divinatory practices. It is the abundant spitting cobra in the West African.
MYA-20
Fetish
These small figures are sometimes subjected in the large kissi as amulets and are also used separately in divinatory practices.
FET-54
