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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DD'eDeN: [QB] re. Catawba jug post: words http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=009380;p=1#000003 " A nkisi is a container for these spirits, shown in the picture above right. A village’s nganga, the Kongo word for diviner, fills a nkisi up with magical materials, including white river clay, thus activating the object. The spirits come into the nkisi and become trapped inside. The nkisi can then be asked for help. [gap] Although we originally discarded the idea because it wasn’t a known word in the English language, a quick search turned up that Pofu is a town in the Congo. Not only that, but pofu means blind in Swahili. If you look closely at the face jug’s eyes at the left, you’ll see that they are colored black. This is the only face jug I’ve seen with black eyes. Following Swahili grammar structure, “Squire Pofu” translates to “the blind Squire”. Could this have been a conjure jug to cause blindness? " cf. African river blindness, parasite schistom.? nkisi(Kongo:spirit container) jinn(Arb)/genie? nganga(K:diviner) pofu(Swahili:blind) ~ buta(Malay:blind) Catawba ~ calabash/opo/bottle gourd/kelapa(M:coconut) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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