Nkisi Power Figure

Facts

Maker

Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)

Year

19th–first half of 20th century

Material

Wood, pigment, resin, iron, brass, tin, cloth, plant fiber cord, beads, cowrie shells, bone or ivory, arrows, leather, seeds, animal horn

Dimensions

58.8 × 26 × 25.4 cm

Origin

Sub-Saharan Africa

On display at

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Source

The Met

Attribution

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979