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Human figure, nkisi
Object Number 98-3-50/51245
Display Title Human figure, nkisi
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wood idol or fetish embellished with wrap-around skirt of blue-dyed cotton fabric attached to waist. Mirrored glass pieces are at the top of the head, the eyes, and over the belly of the figure, imbedded in a clay like matrix (natural latex resin?).
Inventory Description Statue, carved wood, human figure, mirrored eyes/abdomen, green cloth wrap at
Classification
  • Statue
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kongo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River
Materials Wood, Glass, Cloth, Thread, Mud
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 6.6 x 5.1 cm (9 1/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51245; POISON
Provenance
Donor Dr. W. E. Faulkner (1898)
Donor Dr. H. K. Faulkner (1898)

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