Earthenware figurines of the Nzema, representing lesser deities that show themselves mainly through illness, especially in children. According to Grottanelli, once the cause is recognised a small altar and figurine are made and sacrifices offered, and the appeased asoŋu becomes a protective spirit. Many figurines were destroyed in 1954 after the preaching of a prophet from Côte d'Ivoire.
Grottanelli studied asoŋu figurines recovered after the 1954 destructions.