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Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_overall.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_overall.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail3.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail3.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_back.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_back.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail1.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail1.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_threequarter.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_threequarter.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side1.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side1.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail2.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_detail2.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side2.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side2.jpg)

Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side.jpg)

Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_side.jpg)

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Power Figure (Nkisi)

Arts of Africa

CULTURE Kongo

MEDIUM Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo

DATES 20th century

DIMENSIONS 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Arts of Africa

ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.54.26

CREDIT LINE Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Kongo. Power Figure (Nkisi), 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)

IMAGE front, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014

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Kongo. <em>Power Figure (Nkisi)</em>, 20th century. Wood, fiber, resin, cloth, glass, 10 1/4 x 3 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (26 x 9 x 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 2014.54.26 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.54.26_front.jpg)