Power figure (nkisi)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.437
One of seven anthropomorphic figurines, these minkisi contained medicines in which an ancestral spirit was believed to reside. The medicines served a metaphorical rather than literal purpose in the resolution of conflicts among Kongo people. This figure contained white- and re...
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168731
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sculpture
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en
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"Q80075074"
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import
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2010.437
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.437/2010.437_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.437/2010.437_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
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