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Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1579, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” hollowed out from midriff down. Nzasi (Northwest Basuku). 25.4 cm. Nzasi diseases are the same as for Koshi (see 5-1555).
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1553, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mbambi (Northeast Baasuku). Height 48.23 cm. Mbambi figurine. Carved by a man from Mungulu village of Secteur Pay, Territoire Masi-Manimba. The manwas regarded as a good sculptor by the Suku. Figurine is part of the paraphernalia of the “war medicine” Mbambi. The medicine was first introduced shortly before 1920, by the Suku king from the Bambala to the north. It was given to groups of elders in each chieftaincy who constituted a kind of “policeforce” led by local political chief or his representative. Every member of the police society was responsible for enforcing peace and order in his vicinity; he had the right to collect fines from those creating disorders (fines shared by all the other policemen of the chieftaincy), and could count upon the help of other members of the police-society in case of resistance by wrong-doers.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1556, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Konju (West Basuku). Height 20.31 cm. Konju. Figurine part of paraphernalia of medicine of kisungu type, associated with diseases involving limb deformation, especially of the foot/leg. Contemporary. Carved by a young man, ca. 30 years old [ as of ca. 1960], regarded as a good carver by the Suku, from village near the Bayaka border, on the left side of the river Bakali, in the administrative Secteur of Ganaketi. The Suku here are culturally very close to the Yaka on the other side of the river (in fact, some lineages are split by the formal boundary between the two kingdoms).
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1561, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Northeast Basuku. Height 20.94 cm. See remarks on card for 5-1559.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1567, described as Carved wooden figurine; Western Suku “fetish;” Koshi. Height 24.75 cm. See description for 5-1555. Carved by same man as 5-1556. Contemporary.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1578, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). 27.95 cm. For data on Mumbwolu, see 5-1554.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1562, described as Carved wooden figurine; carries object in right hand; Suku “fetish;” Northeast Basuku. Height 43.12. See remarks on card 5-1559.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1558, described as Carved wooden figurine, Suku “fetish;” Koshi (Northeast Basuku). Height 38.1 cm. Carved by same man as 5-1553. See explanation for Koshi under 5-1555, carved by same man. Contemporary.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1604, described as Hardwood Sculpture; Western Basuku; face figure-incised face, dark wood or stain (left arm loose). Height 15.22 cm. For sale to Europeans, as purely decorative objects. Carved in 1956 by same man as 5-1556.
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1580, described as Carved wooden male figurine, Suku “fetish;” Mumbwolu (Northwest Basuku). 10.15 cm. For data on Mumbwolu see 5-1554.

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