Male Figure (Nkisi)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.433
Nkisi is an object that is believed to host an ancestral spirit. Unusual among these figures, this nkisi figure is missing its nduda, “night guns.” These guns would be filled with gunpowder functioning as defense against witches or misfortune. Unless its guns were lost during...
Sculpture
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id
168727
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contentType
sculpture
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citation
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rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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wikidata
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"Q60779665"
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source
import
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| accession |
accession
2010.433
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.433/2010.433_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.433/2010.433_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.433/2010.433_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
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