cma-african-art:Figure, late 1800s-mid 1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtBiteki is the gene
cma-african-art:Figure, late 1800s-mid 1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtBiteki is the generic name for Yaka figures used as containers for magical ingredients. After being charged by a ritual specialist, they become minkisi, or power objects, and gain the power to either cure or harm. This example, with various leadership accoutrements, likely belongs to the category called phuungu. Placed inside a house, the statuette would have protected against witches and other evil.Size: Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)Medium: wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, seed pods, clothhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1974.201 -- source link