Power Figure: Seated Female (Nkisi)
Object type: Female figure
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kusu peoples
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, cloth, iron, snakeskin
Dimensions: H. 5 3/8 x W. 1 1/4 x D. 1 3/4 in. (13.7 x 3.2 x 4.5 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, and Anonymous Gifts, in memory of Vera de Vries, 1967
Accession year: 1978
Tags: Women