Fetish figure - Bakongo - Democratic Republic of the...

Minkisi (plural of Nkisi) truly constitute the embodiment of a spiritual entity that submits to human control through rites. They are used to solve all sorts of problems (illness, sterility, conflicts…). Minkisi were also the custodians of the clan’s collective memory and could also serve, on occasion, to avenge the innocent by inflicting on the oath-breaker a sudden illness or by killing him.

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