Belgian collection of African art The baskets containing the relics of illustrious ancestors, which were generally surmounted by two reliquaries, were kept in village temples. One of them embodied the founder of the lineage, and the second his descendants. The ancestor cult, the Bwete (Northern Kota) was at the heart of the social and religious life of the Kota and presents many analogies with that of the Fang. In the exclusive presence of initiates, the major decisions of the clan were taken during ceremonies during which the reliquaries were taken out and used. In order to reactivate their magical charge, the initiates rubbed the relic with sand. Among the Kota, these figures have reached a stunning degree of stylization and abstraction, and could also be associated with the snake naja.
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