Relief panel (Pindi), c. 1904.
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Wood, pigment, height: 99 cm.
Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg.
From the Pindi village of Kissala, this panel was described as a “door with moon, kitekki(charm figure)
and twokialu(lizards)”. Other doors found in the nearby Mbala and Hungaan areas have celestial symbols
which are similar and also exhibit reptile forms. A variety of drinking-vessels have the kitekkion them.