Two-headed Dog Nkonde Vili Loango Region

Spectacular two-headed dog measuring 47cm long x 17cm high old Nails, iron blades planted in hard wood traces of polychrome eyes in glasses and magical charge on the back Provenance collection from the South of France These sculptures, anthropomorphic or zoomorphic, have long been classified as vengeful spirits, but their function is much more ambivalent. It is when the Nganga completes the work of the sculptor by driving the nails into the Nkonde that the latter acquires its magical charge. Its action is not of a secret nature; on the contrary, its mission is public. Once the evils and their culprit determined, the nganga activates the force of the Nkonde by planting a nail or an iron blade, witnesses of the demand and especially of the agreement reached between the Nganga and his client ... often considered as malicious. , these statuettes have the essential role of restoring social harmony, disturbed by the harmful intentions of a third party. This sculpture comes from the personal collection of Raoul Lehuard (world specialist in Congo and Gabon) it is reproduced in his reference book "Fétiches a nails du Bas Zaire" page 39 (the book will be supplied with the sculpture) free shipping worldwide whole