Nganga or spiritual healer of the Kindgom of Congo, Africa. In turban, animal-skin cloak, with horn and stick. The kingdom of Kongo covered parts of modern Congo, Gabon and Angola. Ganga magicien-medecin de Congo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Laroque after a design by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur from his Encyclopedie des voyages, Encyclopedia of Voyages, Bordeaux, France, 1792.

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