N'kisi or spirit house Christies
The minkisi can take several forms: a bag, basket, gourd, bottle an animal like a snail ,....
Every inhabitant could own his or her minkisi in his home or carried with him.
These everyday objects force by taking the burden they carried, without their "bilongo" object had no power.
the basic ingredients of the magical charge were: white clay, spices, hair, nails skin of animals with feathers etc. .... but sometimes the specificity of a N'kisi held to the unique makeup of the office: thus the presence of a raptor's eye gave the power to object to the eyesight.
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