adulationandaversion

Feb 29
gardant: Kozo, the double-headed doglate 19th - early 20th centuryKongo (DRC)British Museum Among the Kongo wild animals are associated with the dead, who are buried away from villages, either in the forests or across rivers. Domesticated animals such as dogs live in villages but are used to hunt game in the forests. They are, therefore, considered as mediators between the worlds of the living and the dead.

gardant:

Kozo, the double-headed dog
late 19th - early 20th century
Kongo (DRC)
British Museum

Among the Kongo wild animals are associated with the dead, who are buried away from villages, either in the forests or across rivers. Domesticated animals such as dogs live in villages but are used to hunt game in the forests. They are, therefore, considered as mediators between the worlds of the living and the dead.

(via )
Posted at 4:23 PM 38 notes
Source: britishmuseum.org

  1. brofather reblogged this from soulofcongo
  2. soulofcongo reblogged this from gardant
  3. wwtawwtaf reblogged this from gardant
  4. mythologynerds reblogged this from gardant
  5. potlatl reblogged this from gardant
  6. justaquickquestion reblogged this from tea-and-anthropology
  7. tea-and-anthropology reblogged this from gardant
  8. seadras reblogged this from gleeok
  9. kokodokoko reblogged this from gleeok
  10. doccbro reblogged this from gleeok
  11. gleeok reblogged this from shulkpon
  12. shulkpon reblogged this from gardant
  13. gardant posted this