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Description : Additional Information: A well used Songye standing figure with a magical horn in the top of head.  ,This figure is carved in classic Songye style with cubist proportions and strong lines.  ,The pose is typical Songye: with hands resting on a raised belly and feet together.  ,Displaying damage in a few areas, it shows much handling and good age, and it would stand out in any collection. This figure has a strongly defined body and the well-known Songye jutting chin and geometric nose with the eyes and brows sculpturally prominent. Many groups in the greater Congo area, and elsewhere, use art to meet the contingencies of everyday life through the activities of the local priest or diviner known as the Nganga.  ,These individuals of great spiritual strength and inductive abilities use the rituals, secret formulae and sculptures to heal and prevent the activities of malevolent forces.  ,Sculpture like this are known as Nkishi and often serve to divine the future, control ones destiny, and forestall evil-doers or to work magic and most importantly to gain the attention of the spirit world.  ,Among the Songye and other Bantu language speakers, sculpture such as this Nkishi serves as the contact point between the spirits and the Nganga, it is where the ritual activity of the diviner meets spiritual presence.  ,The age of the object can be seen in the wear of the surface through long use and the accumulation of elements on the figure. Recommended Reading: Dunja Hersak, 1985, SONGYE MASKS AND SCULPTURE FIGURES
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