Yaka
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Yaka, 1900-1932
Scroll
Yaka
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Yaka, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, cloth, snakeskin, fiber, 8 7/8 × 3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in. (22.5 × 8.2 × 7.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Jamosil Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number
1989.131
wrapped ring around forehead, cord around neck
Cornet, J., A Survey of Zairian Art: The Bronson Collection, Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1978, cat no 50.
Cornet, J., Art from Zaïre = L'Art du Zaïre : 100 Masterworks from the National Collection : an Exhibition of Traditional Art from the Institute of the National Museums of Zaïre (IMNZ) organized by the African-American Institute, the American Federation of Arts, and the Government of the Republic of Zaïre, [New York]: African-American Institute, c1975, cat no 34.
Cornet, J., Art from Zaïre = L'Art du Zaïre : 100 Masterworks from the National Collection : an Exhibition of Traditional Art from the Institute of the National Museums of Zaïre (IMNZ) organized by the African-American Institute, the American Federation of Arts, and the Government of the Republic of Zaïre, [New York]: African-American Institute, c1975, cat no 34.
