Nkisi (Power Figure) (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
wood, mirror
Place Made,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Angola, Republic of the Congo, Gabon
Overall: 9 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 7/8 in. (24.1 × 7 × 7.3 cm)
77.87
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Spirit of the Motherland. African Exhibition. Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke. July - October 1995. Peninsula FAC. January - May 1996.

African Exhibition. Fine Arts Cebter, Lynchburg, VA. 29 April - 8 May 1979.

The Art of Black Africa. Flint Institute of Arts, 8 February - 5 April 1970.
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