File:Brooklyn Museum 56.6.43 Power Figure Nkishi (2).jpg

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English: Power Figure (Nkishi)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Power Figure (Nkishi)
Description
English: Full wooden figure. Large head, protruding chin, hair dress, protruding stomach. Short legs, wide rounded feet on rounded base. Metal knob in head, nail in stomach. CONDITION: Fair, oily.
English: This figure's protruding abdomen allowed room for the insertion of various medicines by an nganga (ritual specialist) to activate the spirit force reached through the figure. These ingredients were sealed in a cavity behind the tack at the navel. The figure's oily surface is probably the result of rubbing with palm oil or fat obtained from crushed termite queens.
Date
English: late 19th or early 20th century
Dimensions 8 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. (21.7 x 6.0 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
56.6.43
Credit line Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos
Notes
  • Culture: Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Place made: Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 56.6.43_left_PS6.jpg
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