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Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), late 19th-early 20th century (wood, iron, glass, fibre, pigment, bone)

Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), late 19th-early 20th century (wood, iron, glass, fibre, pigment, bone)
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Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), late 19th-early 20th century (wood, iron, glass, fibre, pigment, bone)

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African School / African

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Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

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wood, iron, glass, fibre, pigment, bone

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61.5x17.0x21.5 cms

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An nkisi nkondi serves as a container for potent ingredients used in magic and medicine, and in judicial and healing contexts. To make an nkisi nkondi, a carver begins by sculpting a human or animal figure with a cavity in the abdomen; then a ritual expert completes the work by placing ingredients with supernatural powers on the object and in the cavity provided. He activates the figure by breathing into the cavity and immediately seals it off with a mirror. Nails and blades are driven into the figure, either to affirm an oath or to destroy an evil force. The figure’s pose suggests that it may once have been carrying a knife or spear.

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Photo © Brooklyn Museum / Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos / Bridgeman Images

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