Kungulya “fetish”: four carved wooden male and female figures standing back to back; all carved from one piece of hard wood. Hair neck ornament on each. For curing sexual impotence. Height 32.38 cm
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies