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1994.12.0009 :: skulptur, figur

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Träskulptur, nkisi, med toppigt huvud föreställande en kvinnofigur. Runt halsen bär skulpturen ett band av textil. Skulpturen är initierad med bilongo - "magisk subtans"./HTB

" 'NKONDI', botar lunginflamation och huvudbesvär". (Generalkatalogen)

Nkondi skulpturerna hör till gruppen "spikfetisher" ("nail fetishes"), trots att de inte nödvändigtvis måste vara "spikade".

"Nkondi means "hunter", specifically one who hunts alone as opposed to those who hunt in groups. The mission of Nkondi is to hunt down the witches and the violators of contracts. The nailing is a form of adjuration, or rather provocation, in which the nkisi is "injured" so that, in anger, it may inflict a like injury on wrong-doers". (ur Macgaffey, 1991, s.141)

En nkisi är en gåva från Nzambi, Den Högste Guden, och kan bl a skydda mot sjukdomar och annat ont. Den kan bestå av en träskulptur, en kalebass, en påse, en barkask, en kruka eller ett snäckskal som tjänar som "kropp". På denna fästs bilongo, "medicin" eller "kraftladdning" och nkisin invigs av en nganga (traditionell läkare). Nkisin blir då hemvist för en avliden ande. Utan medicinen är objektet oladdat och har inga krafter. (Widman,1984, s 20 och MacGaffey,1991, s 4-5)/HTB

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