Songye Power Figure (Nkisi) pendant are closely related to the

are closely related to the Yali

Some scholars have even suggested that the practice of bead trading contributed to the development of human language by encouraging increasingly complex social interaction

ornamented with feathers

Firing flaws and kiln grit

unpretentious charm that made Kosometsuke ware so beloved in Japan

Songye Power Figure (Nkisi) pendant are closely related to theSongye people, mid 20th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa A fantastic and mesmerizing small sized Songye power figure, or nkisi, created through the collaboration of a master sculptor and an initiated ritual practitioner. Carved from a single piece of dense brown wood, the figure has been dyed black and sheathed in sacred materials (bishimba) including horn, fiber, fur, and hidesubstances believed to activate and empower the