File:Clevelandart 2010.434.jpg
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Summary
Male Figurine
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| Title |
Male Figurine |
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| Description |
This human-shaped nkisi in Yombe style—one of the most typical forms a spirit container can take among Kongo speakers in west-central Africa—features an enormous mirror-covered package on its stomach that is remarkably intact, meaning that the figure was not decommissioned before sale or disposal. The cloth bands and knots looped around its neck and down its back and fixed around its legs suggest that it was used to bind agreements or oaths. Most intriguing is the carving of a pangolin or scaly anteater atop the head, which represents leadership and the ability to reconcile social and cosmological contradictions; thus, the figure symbolized mediation of the spirit world and power. |
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| Date | 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood with fabric | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 17 x 5.3 x 7 cm (6 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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African Art |
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| Accession number |
2010.434 |
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| Place of creation | Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (most likely), Cabinda, or Republic of the Congo, probably Yombe people, late 19th-early 20th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.434 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
 
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This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project with the Cleveland Museum of Art. See the Open Access at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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| current | 15:05, 21 January 2019 | | 2,693 × 3,400 (5.65 MB) | Madreiling | pattypan 18.02 |
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