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Showing results for "Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo" in Artist.
- Title
- Male Figure (possibly mukuya figure repurposed as nkisi)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Beembe Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Wood-carved, standing figure with knees slightly flexed, prominent gentalia, naturalistic face, pointed beard and eyes inset with a white material, probably small ceramic fragments. The feet are missing. It wears a metal ring around its neck, and a string with metal fragments, glass beads and a small metal bell is attached across its chest, from arm to arm. A vertical crack on the front right side of the figure is filled with a gauzy material.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1870
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.189
- Medium and Support
- wood, beads, metal, ceramic fragments
- relevance
- rank 63.83207