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Community Protective Figure (Power Figure) (minkishi or nkisi or nkishi)
20th centuryAfrica, Democratic Republic of Congo
Congolese Artist (Zairean)
20th century CE
Wood, brass, copper nails, reptile skin, cowrie shells animal horn, leather, and horn, 24 x 7 1/2 x 7 in.
Gift of Theodore E. Bratrud, Jr., 1982.26.2
Object Type:
Sculpture
3D Model:
priority 5
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Images of Ancestors: Ties that Bind The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , 2/3/1995 - 8/13/1995
- Works from the Permanent Collection 2008 , 9/11/2008 - 12/28/2008
- African Art: Beyond the Modernist Lens The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , 8/14/2010 - 12/23/2010
- Object Study Gallery, 2011a , 1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
- Object Study Gallery, 2011b The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , 2/25/2011 - 00/00/00
- Object Study Gallery, 2012 , 1/1/2012 - 12/31/2012
- Object Study Gallery, 2013 , 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2013
- Object Study Gallery, Fall 2022 Selections The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , 8/27/2022 - 12/31/2022
- Object Study Gallery, Spring 2023 Selections The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia , 2/4/2023 - 7/1/2023