작품 상세

Democratic Republic of the Congo The smaller Nkisi figures were often commisioned by individuals and families. Carefully selected medicines, or bilongo, composed of animal, vegetable, or mineral elements, are the source of a nkisi’s sacred power and efficacy. Like a mobile phone connected to the other world, these communication devices need to be periodically reinvigorated through additions and offerings, linking the spiritual leader "nganga" and his client to the ancestral realm and its curative forces.