File:Brooklyn Museum 22.1421 Power Figure Nkisi Nkondi (9).jpg
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English: Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)
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English: Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi) |
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English: Image of a man, stuck with nails and knives. Mirror in navel. Free carved feet standing on a block. Hands at hips. Stained white in most parts. Four flat pronged high headdress. Open mouth with teeth and tongue showing. Bracelets around biceps. Condition: Good
English: An nkisi nkondi served as a container for potent ingredients used in magic and medicine, in judicial and healing contexts. To make an nkisi nkondi, a Kongo carver began by sculpting a male human or animal figure with a cavity in the abdomen; a ritual expert then completed the work by placing ingredients with supernatural powers on the object and in the cavity provided. Nails and blades were driven into the figure, either to affirm an oath or to destroy an evil force. |
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| Date | 19th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 33 7/8 x 13 3/4 x 11 in. (86 x 34.9 x 27.9 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor |
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| Credit line | Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1421_threequarter_bw.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
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