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Power figure Fetish - Wood, glass, Stoff.Medizinmaterial - "nkondi" - Bakongo - D.R.Kongo-Belg.Congo

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Provenance: Collection Paris J. F. P. Very old fetish with a medicine container and other magical elements. Beautiful patina from age. The main function of a “nkondi” is to be the home of a spirit, who is then able to travel from his base to hunt or injure other people. Many nkondi were publicly owned and used to enforce oaths or to protect villages or other places from witches or evildoers. This is achieved by using the power of the mind to geth them to inhabit minkisi like nkondi.


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Provenance: Collection Paris J. F. P. Very old fetish with a medicine container and other magical elements. Beautiful patina from age. The main function of a “nkondi” is to be the home of a spirit, who is then able to travel from his base to hunt or injure other people. Many nkondi were publicly owned and used to enforce oaths or to protect villages or other places from witches or evildoers. This is achieved by using the power of the mind to geth them to inhabit minkisi like nkondi.

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