These are divinatory artefacts, often called « fetishes » in which the human form is concealed or not recognized.
Metamorphoses, additions and superimposed layers invest these artefacts with a memory that only the soothsayer can decipher.
The exhibition deals with the different ways of representing the invisible without having to resort to human representation: the most banal-looking artefact - a shapeless mass, a bulging sack, a horn - may sometimes be more sacred, more important than a recognizable anthropomorphic sculpture.
Recipe of the Gods is an assembly of artefacts and materials. As such, the exhibition draws its inspiration just as much from contemporary art installations, as from the altar of and African soothsayer.