Songye Power Half Male Figure (Nkisi) akuaba The hollow form of this

The hollow form of this artifact

recovered from the peat bogs of Denmark

and deaths

the Ertebølle culture gave way to the Neolithic Funnelbeaker culture

the necropolis of Bura-Asinda-Sikka has revealed a wealth of terracotta artifacts

Songye Power Half Male Figure (Nkisi) akuaba The hollow form of thisSongye people, mid 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa A superb and imposing Songye power half male figure (nkisi), carved from a single piece of hard brown wood, dyed black and enriched with sacred materials including glass trade beads, snakeskin, and an inverted bushbuck horn set at the top of the head. The head exhibits the classic Songye style, with coffee bean shaped eyes closed beneath arched brows, a small flat nose,