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<p>[QUOTE="Vesuvia, post: 4273623, member: 10906"]I ran an image search and what I came up with…whew, I just got goosebumps, but what I came up with was that my agile Mr. R is what’s called an Ndop from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Evidently, these wonderful carvings are commissioned by a dying king to portray his likeness, then is placed next to the dying king as a way to collect his essence to be passed on to his successor. The new king will keep the effigy with him until the spirit of the old king has been transferred from the Ndop to the new ruler………</p><p><br /></p><p>as I read the new information, I do believe my eyeballs popped out of my head[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vesuvia, post: 4273623, member: 10906"]I ran an image search and what I came up with…whew, I just got goosebumps, but what I came up with was that my agile Mr. R is what’s called an Ndop from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Evidently, these wonderful carvings are commissioned by a dying king to portray his likeness, then is placed next to the dying king as a way to collect his essence to be passed on to his successor. The new king will keep the effigy with him until the spirit of the old king has been transferred from the Ndop to the new ruler……… as I read the new information, I do believe my eyeballs popped out of my head[/QUOTE]
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