Add to ORKGThe Oath Taker Fetish Power Figure by Kongo peoples. Central African power figures are among the ubiquitous genres identified with African art. Conceived to house specific mystical forces, they were collaborative creations of a Kongo sculptor and a ritual specialist (nganga).https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/african-sculptures-and-masks/1008/thumbnail.jp
"Afgoden. Fétiches.. Kangu, Kongo (Mayombe). A collection of various size idols and fetishes are...
These headdresses, also called ci wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being. Under Ci W...
The Oba symbolizes the aspirations of a civilization at the highest level of authority. These sculpt...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
This Suku fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The traditional wood carvings are for ancestor and spirit cults, for initiation, medical and divinat...
This oval-shaped mask carved of wood .They usually integrate different parts of their mythology that...
The dance mask of a type known as Mwana Pwo, is regarded as an idealized depiction of a beautiful yo...
Seated Female figures with almond-shaped eyes, realistic mouth shapes, and curved eyebrows meeting o...
Kongo figures have provoked more discussion and the attribution of a greater diversity of significan...
This Yaka fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The fetish shrine object is a simple mud hut with some kind of enclosure or fence around it. The pri...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
The stool was reserved for the most powerful individuals in a community. Only a king or chief would ...
This paper compares anthropomorphic power-figures from the Vodun and Kongo cultural areas. Vodun is ...
"Afgoden. Fétiches.. Kangu, Kongo (Mayombe). A collection of various size idols and fetishes are...
These headdresses, also called ci wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being. Under Ci W...
The Oba symbolizes the aspirations of a civilization at the highest level of authority. These sculpt...
This is a power figure made by a Kongo artist. These figures are meant to serve communities, helping...
This Suku fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The traditional wood carvings are for ancestor and spirit cults, for initiation, medical and divinat...
This oval-shaped mask carved of wood .They usually integrate different parts of their mythology that...
The dance mask of a type known as Mwana Pwo, is regarded as an idealized depiction of a beautiful yo...
Seated Female figures with almond-shaped eyes, realistic mouth shapes, and curved eyebrows meeting o...
Kongo figures have provoked more discussion and the attribution of a greater diversity of significan...
This Yaka fetish figure (as called in older literature) or power figure, is attributed to the Suku p...
The fetish shrine object is a simple mud hut with some kind of enclosure or fence around it. The pri...
The standing figure object has specific names and meanings, The sculptures are for use in funerary r...
The stool was reserved for the most powerful individuals in a community. Only a king or chief would ...
This paper compares anthropomorphic power-figures from the Vodun and Kongo cultural areas. Vodun is ...
"Afgoden. Fétiches.. Kangu, Kongo (Mayombe). A collection of various size idols and fetishes are...
These headdresses, also called ci wara, are carved to honor that original mythical being. Under Ci W...
The Oba symbolizes the aspirations of a civilization at the highest level of authority. These sculpt...