Figure

According to Burnett, this figure came from a 'tambo' house, "situated on a slight eminence behind the village" where he noticed "an apparently very ancient stone figure of human form but with a crocodile expression." He wrote, "Though past experience had led me to the conclusion that it was impossible to obtain, by purchase, any article from a 'tambo' shrine, I lifted up this particular stone carving, and, merely through force of habit, asked the Chief...to sell it to me....To my amazement he appeared to hesitate... [which] encouraged me to offer him [a price], which he at first refused, but ultimately accepted....But I had to carry the 'devil' myself. Not one of the natives to whom I had entrusted my other purchases could be prevailed upon to touch the image, for ...they were firmly convinced that a violent end would be the speedy doom of whoever removed it from the 'tambo' house."

Shrine deity figure with base: has black head and neck, red mouth, and red border around a blank area on top of its head. A grass rope, partially red, with tassels is tied around its neck.