Nkisi Nkondi, African healing statue
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Nkisi Nkondi. African healing statue. BaKongo, Congo - between 1880 and 1910. Wood, pigment, metal and glass.
Minkisi (singular nkisi) are ritual objects used by the BaKongo (people of the Congo) for oath taking and healing. They are complex objects that derive their power from the dead, and to them, paradoxically, have been attributed the abilities both to afflict and to heal, to visit good as well as evil on a person.
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- Received from: Dr. Josiah Charles Trent
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