Power figure (nkisi)
https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.442
One of seven anthropomorphic figurines, these minkisi contained medicines in which an ancestral spirit was believed to reside. Minkisi were objects of communal use; if conflict arose between two citizens, the Nkisi figure, along with the nganga (ritual leader) helped resolve t...
Sculpture
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id
168737
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| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q80075089"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
2010.442
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.442/2010.442_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.442/2010.442_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.442/2010.442_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Genre
Sculpture
Department
African Art
Relations
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