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Superb Congo Shrine Fetish. Congo /Santeria /Eggun/Palo Mayombe
$78.00 USD

Sold on: 2014-Oct-13

Marketplace: eBay
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Fetishes are a unique and important phenomenon of Kongo sculpture. In the Kongo, all these fetishes are called nkisi. Nkisi means “medicine”. Historically, there were two types of nkisi, public an...




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