The sketchbooks of the explorers
Title:
The sketchbooks of the explorers
Producer:
Charles Callewaert (°1855 - †1945)
Theme:
religious life, rites and beliefs, hut
Legend:
This plaited architecture housing a nkondi, formerly called a "nail fetish", was seen by Charles Callewaert in Lutete in 1883. The object is covered with a cloth. Its human form is pierced with several metal spikes. The "nkondi" or "nkisi" of the region, contemporary with this representation, are kept in the ethnographic collection of the RMCA.
Inscription:
Case de fétiche
Lutele 1883
Date of acquisition:
1989
Dimensions:
29 cm x 19 cm
Technique:
graphic arts > mixed technique > pencil - aquarelle
Inventory number:
HO.0.1.3114