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Miniature Nkisi20th century

Not on view
Carved wooden standing figure with tall headdress, compact torso, and simplified limbs on a rectangular base, with heavily cracked and worn dark brown surface

Unknown, Miniature Nkisi, 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lee and Bob Bronson

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Miniature Nkisi
Culture
Yombe Peoples
Place Made
Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Height: 8 1/4 in. (20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lee and Bob Bronson
Accession Number
AC1994.203.17
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
African Art