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Fetish figure 'Butti' - Teke People, DRC - Tribal ArtThis small fetish figure is ment for personal
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Fetish figure 'Butti' - Teke People, DRC - Tribal Art
This small fetish figure is ment for personal use (communal fetishes are bigger) and dsiplays the Teke characteristics: slightly bent legs, a columnar torso ,an enlarged head with a trapezoidal beard,a typical teke headdress and the left over of fetish material in an abdominal cavity.It was probabely envelopped with more fetish material covered with a sack from which the head and feet protruded.Each figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance. For example, when a figure is carved for a newborn child, part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's hut (where the family's fetish figures are kept). The figure serves to protect the child until puberty. Figures of identical appearance serve also for success in hunting, trading, and other activities, each figure's purpose being known only to the owner. These figures protect and assist the Teke. Often the magical substance "bonga" is placed all around the body with a cloth. The bonga is composed of various materials, but one of the main ingredients is whitish clay or chalk, which, for the Teke, represents the bones of their ancestor, thus conveying protective power. Often it is mixed with the nail clippings or the hair of a venerated person, with leaves of specific plants, various parts of snakes or leopards, etc.
Dated to the 1920's
Dimensions approx. 22 x 5 x 5 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
290
This small fetish figure is ment for personal use (communal fetishes are bigger) and dsiplays the Teke characteristics: slightly bent legs, a columnar torso ,an enlarged head with a trapezoidal beard,a typical teke headdress and the left over of fetish material in an abdominal cavity.It was probabely envelopped with more fetish material covered with a sack from which the head and feet protruded.Each figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance. For example, when a figure is carved for a newborn child, part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's hut (where the family's fetish figures are kept). The figure serves to protect the child until puberty. Figures of identical appearance serve also for success in hunting, trading, and other activities, each figure's purpose being known only to the owner. These figures protect and assist the Teke. Often the magical substance "bonga" is placed all around the body with a cloth. The bonga is composed of various materials, but one of the main ingredients is whitish clay or chalk, which, for the Teke, represents the bones of their ancestor, thus conveying protective power. Often it is mixed with the nail clippings or the hair of a venerated person, with leaves of specific plants, various parts of snakes or leopards, etc.
Dated to the 1920's
Dimensions approx. 22 x 5 x 5 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
290
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Fetish figure 'Butti' - Teke People, DRC - Tribal Art
This small fetish figure is ment for personal use (communal fetishes are bigger) and dsiplays the Teke characteristics: slightly bent legs, a columnar torso ,an enlarged head with a trapezoidal beard,a typical teke headdress and the left over of fetish material in an abdominal cavity.It was probabely envelopped with more fetish material covered with a sack from which the head and feet protruded.Each figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance. For example, when a figure is carved for a newborn child, part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's hut (where the family's fetish figures are kept). The figure serves to protect the child until puberty. Figures of identical appearance serve also for success in hunting, trading, and other activities, each figure's purpose being known only to the owner. These figures protect and assist the Teke. Often the magical substance "bonga" is placed all around the body with a cloth. The bonga is composed of various materials, but one of the main ingredients is whitish clay or chalk, which, for the Teke, represents the bones of their ancestor, thus conveying protective power. Often it is mixed with the nail clippings or the hair of a venerated person, with leaves of specific plants, various parts of snakes or leopards, etc.
Dated to the 1920's
Dimensions approx. 22 x 5 x 5 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
290
This small fetish figure is ment for personal use (communal fetishes are bigger) and dsiplays the Teke characteristics: slightly bent legs, a columnar torso ,an enlarged head with a trapezoidal beard,a typical teke headdress and the left over of fetish material in an abdominal cavity.It was probabely envelopped with more fetish material covered with a sack from which the head and feet protruded.Each figure has its own specific purpose not related directly to its appearance. For example, when a figure is carved for a newborn child, part of the placenta is placed in the stomach cavity of the figure while the rest is buried inside the father's hut (where the family's fetish figures are kept). The figure serves to protect the child until puberty. Figures of identical appearance serve also for success in hunting, trading, and other activities, each figure's purpose being known only to the owner. These figures protect and assist the Teke. Often the magical substance "bonga" is placed all around the body with a cloth. The bonga is composed of various materials, but one of the main ingredients is whitish clay or chalk, which, for the Teke, represents the bones of their ancestor, thus conveying protective power. Often it is mixed with the nail clippings or the hair of a venerated person, with leaves of specific plants, various parts of snakes or leopards, etc.
Dated to the 1920's
Dimensions approx. 22 x 5 x 5 cm
Tribal Art / African Art
290
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