The territory controlled by Vili, within the Kingdom of Kongo, is the source of many features realistic sculptures often with mirrors, nails or nkissi .
The purpose of Vodun ceremonies was to make contact with the spirits of the other world and repel evil forces. The word comes from the Vodun Yoruba language (Oral tradition...
The members of the secret society Komtin used these statues in rites of divination and the ceremonies of cure.
To Téké, the shape of the bilongo often indicates the function of the statue: statues mutinu bamba , as this one, have a cylindrical bilongo and are used to help the women...
The sovereign Bushoong, endowed with supernatural powers, assured fertility of the harvests and the fertility of the women: its double, the named ndop statue, assisted the...
Discover this magnificent wooden African statuette, in patina ochre, typical crusty of the ethnic group Mitsogho of the Gabon.