Kongo Nail Figure (nkisi n'kondi)

For MONDAY 1-31:


Mangaaka Power Figure: Nkisi N'kondi at the Metropolitan Museum 

An article on the ritual use of the Mangaaka Figure

And another example at the Metropolitan Museum

Six different ones at the Brooklyn Museum

And a dog-form one at the World Museum in Liverpool

(Think about how to answer the questions -- especially "what is it for?")


and Coming Up:  on Wednesday, Dogon Ancestor Figures, and on Friday, akuabas.