Recovered from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

An open-access work filed through African & Global Heritage and Objects with Gravity.

Date: 19th century
Culture: Kongo peoples
Medium: Wood, iron, glass, terracotta, shells, cloth, fiber, pigment, seeds, beads
Object type: Wood-Sculpture
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.: 316404
Credit line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990
Dimensions: 1600 × 2000 px · portrait
Rooms: African & Global Heritage Objects with Gravity

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Suggested credit: Power Figure: Male (Nkisi) (19th century). The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990 Rights: CC0. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316404

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