Fetish

Collection: Secrets of the Casamance (Senegal)

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When a Diola Casa man dies, his belongings are placed on top of the family fetish. The spirit of the dead will collect the belongings in a nonmaterial way and will take with it the spirit of the objects. If during life he was a good person he will reincarnate in somebody else, maybe someone from his own family. If he behaved badly, he will become a revenant and will wander aimlessly until hyenas or misfortune takes his life.

Photograph of the Diola Casa culture and animist Impluvium Museum of Mlomp

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