Nkisi (medicine figure)
Maker
Unknown, Luba?
MediumFiber, hair, leather/skin, wood
Dimensions23.3 H x 19 W x 20 D cm
Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust
Object numberAF2002.0756.COP
DescriptionDouble-faced Nkisi half figure with opening at the top of head, now uncovered and mostly empty. He wears a scaly neckpiece (snake or pangolin?); an animal hide with some remaining fur tied with rope around body, and a ring of unknown substances wrapped in coarse cloth and tied with fiber strips around the waist. Residues of medicine substances remain in the cavity on the head.
ClassificationsSculpture
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