Figure (nkisi nkozo)
The dog was a protector of the home and a hunter of witches. It also existed in both the world of the living and the dead.
Acquired by Dennett 1879 - 1889
Acquired by Dennett 1879 - 1889
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 9/1889/61
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- CENT
- Material
- woodcaneleathermetalglass
- Common Name
- figure (nkisi nkozo)
- Simple Name
- figure
- Production Town
- Vili
- Production County
- Lower Congo River
- Production Country
- Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Production Year Low
- 1879
- Production Year High
- 1889