Male Figure (Nkisi)
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Male Figure (Nkisi) (late 1800s-early 1900s). René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.434

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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.

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A dark-brown bronze figure, adorned with a headdress and wrapped in fabric, holds a rectangular shield in its left hand.

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