Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Unknown Artist
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
Culture
Kongo peoples
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990
Accession Number
1990.334
Tags
Men