Kongo
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo, 1900
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Kongo
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, mirrored glass, copper alloy, encrustation, 10 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (27.5 x 6 x 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1954.145.65
"Meditations on African Art: Light," Dec 17, 2006 - Apr 1, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.
Gallery Rotation, "Wurtzburger Case 1," January 2008 - present.
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
Gallery Rotation, "Wurtzburger Case 1," January 2008 - present.
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.259, ill.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Today," Summer 2008, ill. p. 9.
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.