Akkughnī (Slayer of Akku) embodies the spirit of 200+ women who, in August 2004, stormed a district court in India armed with kitchen knives and chili powder to stab Akku Yadav to death. Akku was on trial for serial rape and gang violence, and had repeatedly been acquitted on previous charges. Every woman living in the locality claimed responsibility for the lynching, and the courts found no one guilty. "If they took law into their hands, it was because the law and law-enforcing agencies had not given them succour," stated one of the high court judges. Akkughnī is a divinity of multitudes reclaiming violence as a reparative force. The sculpture was built from wheel-thrown and altered forms, and fired in a wood-kiln on an August black moon.