File:WLA metmuseum Power Figure Male Nkisi.jpg
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Power Figure: Male (Nkisi)
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| Title |
Power Figure: Male (Nkisi) |
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| Date | between circa 1800 and circa 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Wood, pigment, nails, cloth, beads, shells, arrows, leather, nuts, twine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 58.8 × 26 × 25.4 cm (23.1 × 10.2 × 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of creation | Democratic Republic of Congo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 50004923 (accession number: 1979.206.127) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer |
Wikipedia Loves Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art This photo of item # 1979.206.127 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was contributed under the team name "shooting_brooklyn" as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project in February 2009. |
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| current | 20:51, 9 January 2010 | | 800 × 1,200 (298 KB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) | {{subst:WLA/temp|desc={{WLA|org=metmuseum|id=1979.206.127|ref=|team=shooting_brooklyn|username=shooting brooklyn|userid=28314321@N06|flickr=3294805753|com=Power Figure: Male (Nkisi), 19th–20th century<br /> Democratic Republic of Congo; Kongo<br /> Wood |
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