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Voodoo dolls are in fact power objects, referred to in Haiti as pwen, as opposed to magical surrogates for an intended target of positive or negative magick. Such voodoo dolls are not a feature of Haitian religion, although dolls intended for tourists may be found in the Iron Market in Port au Prince. The practice became closely associated with the Vodou religions in the public mind through the vehicle of horror movies and popular novels.

There is a practice in Haiti of nailing crude poppets with a discarded shoe on trees near the cemetery to act as messengers to the otherworld, which is very different in function from how poppets are portrayed as being used by voodoo worshippers in popular media and imagination, i.e.. for purposes of sympathetic magic towards another person. Another use of dolls in authentic Vodou practice is the incorporation of plastic doll babies in altars and objects used to represent or honor the spirits, or in pwen, which recalls the aforementioned use of bocio and nkisi figures in Africa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo). See our Voodoo poppets here.

A Nkisi literally translates as "sacred medicine". The term Nkisi is the general name for a variety of holy objects used throughout the Congo Basin in Central Africa thought to contain spiritual powers or spirits (called "mpungo"). Minkisi (plural) are primarily containers - ceramic vessels, gourds, animal horns, shells, bundles, or any other object that can contain spiritually-charged substances. Even graves can be considered minkisi because they house the spirits of the dead. Minkisi are often referred to as portable graves because they may contain personal items of a powerful individual as one of the main ingredients.

The photograph of the old nkisi above left is from ex-Zaire and is Songye in ethnic origin. http://www.origomundi.com/oldnkishifigure-p-107.html

This authentic African fetish (shown left) was carved in the Congo from a single piece of Native wood. The costume is woven of straw and then carefully sewn onto the carving. This type of fetish is believed by its creators to have magical powers. It is used in ceremonies (especially male puberty rites) to ward off evil spirits and undesirable women. The male adults dress up in similar life size straw costumes and masks. This fetish is from Voodoo Mama's private collection.

You can read more about fetichism in Africa here.

 

 

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