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Michiel 2005 club

Posted: 05 Jan 2015

Taken: 30 Nov 2014

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Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde 2014 – Nkisi

Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde 2014 – Nkisi
Also known as ‘nail statues’. They were made in the Congo, by putting nails into the statues, they awakened supernatural powers. The statues were used for a variety of reasons.

The Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde is the Dutch national museum of ethnology. It was established in 1837.

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