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Fascinating Nkisi Kozo Copulating Canine Nail fetish

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Fascinating Nkisi Kozo Copulating Canine Nail fetish

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A carved wooden fetish in the form of a copulating canine couple. Because of this ability to move freely between the village and the forests, it is believed that dogs have the ability to mediate between the worlds of the living and dead. This figure, known as "Kozo" (also called nkisi nkondi a mbwa meaning 'dog') is an nkisi nkondi sub-type, believed to be an nkondi for women in the community. Because of their ability to transverse between worlds, nkisi nkodi kozo figures are used for the identification of witches and wrongdoers. This is most likely a fairly contemporary example, though it is not one which we have seen before. Kongo peoples, DRC? Congo , Africa. The figure measures 22 x 9 inches.

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fair, weathered

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Fascinating Nkisi Kozo Copulating Canine Nail fetish

Name: Fascinating Nkisi Kozo Copulating Canine Nail fetish
SKU: 77551652
Price: 550 USD
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