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Male Figure (Nkisi), late 1800s-early 1900s

Male Figure (Nkisi)

late 1800s-early 1900s · Sculpture

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, Stati Uniti

Sala108A African

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Nkisi is often associated with the word spirit, as these figures are believed to host a variety ancestral spirits. With an intact mirror-covered stomach cavity, this figure was not decommissioned before sale or disposal, deeming its particular powers sustained. The cloth knots and carvings suggest that it was used to bind agreements or oaths, and to reconcile social and cosmological contradictions.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Scheda

Numero di inventario
2010.434

In catalogo

SculturaLegnoNeoclassicismoRomanticismoXIX secoloAfrica, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe-style maker

Fonti

Nella stessa sala · 108A African, Cleveland Museum of Art

Pagina del museo
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