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Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Kozo)
Not on view
Mangaaka power figures were sometimes operated with an adjunct. In some instances, it took the form of a “spouse” that balanced the figure’s intense male aggression with that of feminine creativity. Given Mangaaka’s reputation as a “hunter” charged with tracking down transgressors through extraordinary powers of perception, it might also be paired with a canine nkisi known as Kozo. Such Janus-headed Kozo afforded a heightening of sensory acuity.
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