The thing which the additions to the statue symbolize is b. an offered prayer.
This refers to the communication with a higher power or authority to ask for intervention in the lives of others.
Hence, we can see that based on the use of wooden statues in some parts of The Congo, a person can communicate spiritually and this would give power by the addition of objects to the statue which is an offered prayer.
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