Power Figure / Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Songye

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Accession Number: 2005/1.229
Title: Power Figure
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Songye
Artist Nationality: Congolese (Zairean)
Medium and Support: wood, civet and monkey skin, woven vegetable fiber, feathers, seed pods, animal
Object Creation Date: circa 1940
Object Creation Place: Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo
Creation Place 1: Africa
Creation Place 2: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Credit Line: Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern
Dimensions: 62 cm x 30 cm x 25 cm (24 7/16 in. x 11 13/16 in. x 9 13/16 in.)
Century: 20th century
Primary Object Classification: Sculpture
Primary Object Type: figure
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1194 x 2916
File Size: 463 KB
Record: 2005/1.229
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.229/2005_1_229.jpg

In public portfolios: Health, illness, medicine (24); Power Objects (8); Spirits embodied - Evan Maurer (54)

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Full citation: "Power Figure; Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire), Songye." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.229/2005_1_229.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.