Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
ART307714
ART194726
ART566443
ART474810
ART307735
ART306599
ART393606
ART539894
ART107705
ART307625
ART394233
ART307631
ART343728
ART307633
ART391406
ART343730
ART346005
ART331105
ART178100
ART540095
Carved wooden figure (nkisi), Kongo, Congo, late 19th century. The iron blades embedded into the figure are believed to release ancestral power. H. 108 cm. Inv. ET Af1905,0525.3.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART307726
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2653px × 4665px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
19th century CE
Ancestor
Figure, Sculpture
Iron
Kongo Culture
Wood
Woodcarving