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Power Figure: Male (Nkisi) by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)

Unattributed · 19th century

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Date

19th century

Medium

Wood, iron, glass, terracotta, shells, cloth, fiber, pigment, seeds, beads

Dimensions

H. 28 1/2 × W. 9 5/8 × D. 6 3/8 in. (72.4 × 24.5 × 16.2 cm)

Classification

Wood-Sculpture

Department

The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

Culture / origin

Kongo peoples

Credit line

The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990

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