These Hungaan figurines were called djendere or konda-konda. They were worn as a pendant, some by women, others by important men. The figurines had an apotropaic (protective) function and promoted female fertility. They illustrated these problems from the specific perspective of death and rebirth. Among the Hungaan, death is nothing more than a stage in the rebirth of the soul. The iconography of these delicate figurines undoubtedly refers to this reincarnation cycle.

This specimen appears to combine the foetal position with the prominent belly of a pregnant woman and the death pose – the deceased used to be buried with their legs bent.