Mask - 剛果 (沒有保留價)

立姿的人像，右臂举起，腹部有一个方形盒子，盛放魔法材料，盒子被一块玻璃覆盖。人像站在底座上，嘴张开，舌头伸出，眼睛镶嵌着玻璃。表面覆有焦油状物质（沉重的黑色物质）。形体几乎完全被钉子覆盖。状况：差；腿部木材分裂，手臂断裂，木材腐朽，容器上的玻璃破裂。

An nkisi nkondi serves as a container for potent ingredients used in magic and medicine, and in judicial and healing contexts. To make an nkisi nkondi, a carver begins by sculpting a human or animal figure with a cavity in the abdomen; then a ritual expert completes the work by placing ingredients with supernatural powers on the object and in the cavity provided. He activates the figure by breathing into the cavity and immediately seals it off with a mirror. Nails and blades are driven into the figure, either to affirm an oath or to destroy an evil force. The figure's pose suggests that it may once have been carrying a knife or spear.