Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Object type: Power figure
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kongo
Artist: Kongo artist and nganga, Yombe group
Artist role: Artist
Date: Second half of the 19th century
Medium: Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment
Dimensions: H. 46 7/16 × W. 19 1/2 × D. 15 1/2 in., 53 lb. (118 × 49.5 × 39.4 cm, 24 kg)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Angola Chiloango River 
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Drs. Daniel and Marian Malcolm, Laura G. and James J. Ross, Jeffrey B. Soref, The Robert T. Wall Family, Dr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Clyman, and Steven Kossak Gifts, 2008
Accession year: 2008
Tags: Men