Corpus (Crucified Christ)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
One of two Christian-inspired objects in the Delenne collection identifying the far-reaching networks of trade, diplomacy, religion, and cross-cultural exchange. Kongo Christian symbols were created as spiritual tools to help explain and alleviate the turbulent situation between Central African religion and Catholicism. This figurine is geometric in style, combining both Christian ideals and preexisting Kongo artistic practices. Its pierced hands and feet link him to crucifixion images.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 2010.445
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
