File:Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo people - Figurine - 2010.442 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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Figurine |
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| Object type | Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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One of seven anthropomorphic figurines, these minkisi contained medicines in which an ancestral spirit was believed to reside. Minkisi were objects of communal use; if conflict arose between two citizens, the Nkisi figure, along with the nganga (ritual leader) helped resolve the dispute. This small figure belonged to “the sorcerer of Loango,” chief of all sorcerers of that region (a province and port in West Central Africa). |
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| Date | late 1800s-early 1900s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood and various other materials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 12 x 4 x 4 cm (4 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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2010.442 |
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| Place of creation | Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo people | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.442 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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