Power Figure: Seated Female (Nkisi)

Medium

Wood, cloth, iron, snakeskin

Dimensions

H. 5 3/8 x W. 1 1/4 x D. 1 3/4 in. (13.7 x 3.2 x 4.5 cm)

Classification

Wood-Sculpture

Culture

Kusu peoples

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, and Anonymous Gifts, in memory of Vera de Vries, 1967

Accession Number

1978.412.561

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