Superb Old African,SONGYE FETISH STOOL ,Figure,Antique Stunning 19th C.Masterpiece! Exellent Patina! *Unique!! Start Price USD 7,999.99 Current Price USD 7,999.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 15, 2008 End Time Monday, December 15, 2008 Location New Jersey See more about 'Superb Old African,SONGYE FETISH STOOL ,Figure,Antique' Description *My Auctions *My Feedback *Add to Favorites *My Ebay Store * Superb Old African,SONGYE FETISH STOOL ,Figure,Antique Click to open supersize image Click to open supersize image Click to open supersize image Click to open supersize image Click to open supersize image Superb Old African SONGYE Fetish Power Figure Stool Dimension 20  1/2"H    x  14"W  x   15  1/2"D Late 19th Century Age Cracks-Repair *Keep down for more Pictures* FREE SHIPPING!!! Songye (Basonge, Bassongo, Bayembe, Songe, Wasonga), Democratic Republic of the Congo A Songye diviner (nganga), in addition to designing and empowering a community nkishi/nksis (plural, mankishi) for the protection and well-being of all the members of a village, may prescribe a smaller nkishi for the private use of an individual, customized to his or her personal needs. Individuals direct prayers to ancestral spirits through personal mankishi for many different reasons. While some seek protection for themselves and their families, others may appeal for success in pursuits that affect their livelihood, such as hunting. The most common need they address, however, is an individual woman's desire to have children and to prevent miscarriages. Thus, a woman may commission an nkishi that is designed specifically to enhance her potential to conceive. Personal mankishi may also beincorporated into efforts to heal other ailments. Once an nganga effectively treats a patient with herbal medications, he may prescribe the commissioning of such a work as a form of protective reinforcement.Consequently, the rituals that are essential for the creation and use of personal mankishi relate to the specific needs they fulfill in the lives of their owners. These privately commissioned works are usually not publicly accessible but are kept in their owners' homes. In order to motivate the ancestors to provide assistance in a personal crisis, suppliants offer prayers and sacrifices to them. To mark the occasion of mukapasu, the first day of the first quarter of a lunar cycle, all the villagers take their personal mankishi and place them around the community nkishi, and these become the focus of ritual proceedings led by the nganga. This celebration of the reappearance of the moon is associated with prosperity and regeneration.The scale and aesthetic form of the nkishi shown here reflect its role as a personal devotional object. Whereas all community mankishi display a classical Songye ideal of male leadership, smaller customized works of this kind show a far greater range of idiosyncratic designs. Within this more eclectic genre of representations, though, the level of aesthetic accomplishmentdemonstrated by the various artists' handling of sculptural form is less consistent than for community mankishi, which are usually commissioned from artists with regional reputations. 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