Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
Object type: Figure
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kongo peoples
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, iron, glass, terracotta, shells, cloth, fiber, pigment, seeds, beads
Dimensions: H. 28 1/2 × W. 9 5/8 × D. 6 3/8 in. (72.4 × 24.5 × 16.2 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Angola or Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Credit line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, in honor of Douglas Newton, 1990
Accession year: 1990
Tags: Men