Songye Nkishi statue: the magic and symbolic power of the African blacksmith
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Songuy (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Africa. Statue, Songye, Nkishi. Democratic Republic of Congo. Wood, metal, horn. This statue's magical charges are placed in its belly and in the impressive horn it wears on its head. The metal plates above the forehead and on the face refer to the Songye's mythical hero, the blacksmith. H. 93cm
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