[ The Gumbiri Fetish. ]
Kenga is the landing-place of Loanga. They have there an idol called Gumbiri, and a holy house called Munsa Gumbiri,242 kept and inhabited by an old woman, where once a year is a solemn feast, which they celebrate with drums, dances, and palm-wines; and then, they say, he speaketh under the ground. The people call him Mokisso Cola,243 or a strong Mokisso, and say, that he comes to stay with Chekoke, the idol of the banza. That Chekoke is a negro image, made sitting on a stool; a little house is then made him. They anoint him with Toccola [tacula],244 which is a red colour made of a certain wood, ground on a stone, and mixed with water, wherewith they daily paint themselves, from the waist upwards, esteeming it a great beauty; otherwise they account not themselves ready. It is for like purposes carried from hence to Angola.