Kongo
Power Figure (Nkisi)
Kongo, 1800
Physical Qualities
Wood, iron, mirrored glass, earth, encrustation, fiber, 12 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 6 1/2 in. (31.5 x 18 x 16.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1954.145.66
"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.
"Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017," Apr 22, 2018-July 29, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala (Head Curator Katy Siegel).
Gallery Rotation, "Wurtzburger Case 1," January 2008 - present.
African Reinstallation, "Sacred Art," Apr 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, Kathryn Gunsch.
"Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017," Apr 22, 2018-July 29, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala (Head Curator Katy Siegel).
Baltimore Museum of Art. "The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum." Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.
Siegel, Katy. "Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017." New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2018, p. 84 ill.
On View: Wurtzburger, Gallery
