Object name: Figurine / Culture or time period: Zambian cultures / Materials: Wood (plant material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1704, described as Carved wooden figurine-fetish, “Koshi and Kikaka.” Height 54.6 cm. See 5-1701.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1701, described as Carved wooden figurine-fetish, “Mbembi.” Height 45.73 cm. Acquired from Kingandu mission. All figurines (5-1701-9) had been collected by the missionaries in 1955-56 at the time when at anti-witchcraft/anti-”fetish” movement was sweeping the region. The people were throwing out their medicines and taing Holy Water from the missions instead. The “fetishes” were piled up, by the hundreds, and burned. The missionaries collected some from these piles, and Mr. Kopytoff acquired these figurines from the mission in 1958. From this, it may be inferred that the figurines are relatively old. At the same time, since there had been a similar “anti-fetish” movement in the early 1940’s, it is possible that these figurines were actually carved and used in the interim (1940/44-1955)

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 5-1702, described as Carved wooden figurine-fetish, “Kipfundi.” Height 36.83 cm. See 5-1701.