In 1987, Reynold Arrington, a young American graduate student from Tufts University spent seven months documenting medical practices of tribes native tribes throughout the African continent. During his fourth month he encountered the Kringali, a tribe named after Malik Kringali (or "Magic Kringle), a legendary figure the tribe has worshiped since the early 1400s. According to legend, Malik Kringali was a god-like figure, who appeared at the end of every year as an old man, with a red suit and grey beard.
 
Kringali would reward the men of the village who had been righteous the past year by blessing their wives to be fruitful and bear strong sons. Conversely, Kringali would punish the evil men, by cursing their wives to be barren, or bear daughters. Over the course of the next year, by virtue of the children being born to the village, all of the villagers who know who the righteous were, thanks to Malik Kringali.  
 
This artifact, dating to 1580 A.D., represents the image of Malik Kringali.