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Songye Power Figure (Nkisi) vodun Clasps and brooches like these

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Clasps and brooches like these were not only utilitarian

The Bura people

Visible drilling

Dani tribe

where they were adapted as furidashi—candy containers used in traditional tea ceremonies—and fitted with small wooden lids

Songye Power Figure (Nkisi) vodun Clasps and brooches like theseSongye people, early to mid 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa Absolutely gorgeous and highly unusual Songye power figure, nkisi, carved from a single piece of wood and likely representing a female form. The entire bodylacking visible feetis enveloped in layers of raffia cloth (mpeko) and packed with sacred empowering substances (bishimba). Beneath the dense wrappings, the hands are probably bent and held against the

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