ITEM #:
5598
ETHNICITY:
Tabwa
ORIGIN:
Democratic Republic of Congo
TABWA MPUNDU FERTILITY DOLL:
Tabwa Mpundu dolls are associated with Tabwa fertility rituals. As in this case, they are usually half-torso wooden dolls carved with a zoomorphic upper body on a long finial base. -
ITEM #:
5598
ETHNICITY:
Tabwa
ORIGIN:
Democratic Republic of Congo
TABWA MPUNDU FERTILITY DOLL:
Tabwa Mpundu dolls are associated with Tabwa fertility rituals. As in this case, they are usually half-torso wooden dolls carved with a zoomorphic upper body on a long finial base.
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ITEM #:
4512
ETHNICITY:
Yoruba
ORIGIN:
Nigeria
YORUBA SHANGO DANCE WAND:
A Yoruba Shango dance wand like this was carried by devotees at the annual festival of Shango and on other ritual occasions. On this fine, the subject is carved as a suppliant female devotee of Shango, the Yoruba thunder deity. -
ITEM #:
2645
ETHNICITY:
Mambila
ORIGIN:
Cameroon
MAMBILA TADEP FIGURE:
This Mambila Tadep figure comes from eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. It serves as an abode for ancestral spirits and is normally kept on a family altar at a ritual experts hut (suaga). -
ITEM #:
5613
ETHNICITY:
Nyamwezi
ORIGIN:
Tanzania
NYAMWEZI ZITHER:
This Nyamwezi zither, or 5-string harp, comes from the largest ethnic groups in north-central Tanzania. -
ITEM #:
4036
ETHNICITY:
Songye
ORIGIN:
Democratic Republic of Congo
SONGYE KIFWEBE NKISI:
This Kifwebe style power figure (nkisi) was crafted by the Songye, Nkisi (singular) and Mankishi (plural), to resist wizardry and witchcraft.
