Equipped with a magical charge (bilongo) housed in the glass receptacle, this African fetish seeming to ride a dog, a second on the back, forms, in the Vili, a ritual sculpture for multipurpose use. Among the Kongo, the dog, known for his knowledge of the supernatural world, his flair and his vision, had a mediating role between the living and the dead. Patina nuanced from brown to black, minor erosions and cracks. The Vili, Lâri, Sûndi, Woyo, Bembé, Bwende, Yombé, and Kôngo formed the Kôngo group, led by King ntotela. Of the same beliefs and traditions, they produced a statuary endowed with a codified gesture in relation to their vision of the world. Present along the Gabonese coast, the Vili broke away from the Kongo kingdom in the 16th century and the Loango kingdom became a powerful state. Now urbanized for the most part, they still integrate traditional associations, depending on the cult of ancestors such as Mbouiti or Bieri. Litt. "The Kongo Gesture" ed. Dapper Museum.
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