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Power Figure (nkisi nduda)
Africa, Yombe Peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1850–1899
Wood, cloth, fiber, animal hides, feathers, mirror, glass, metal, resin, medicin
Gift of Candis and Helmut Stern, 2005/1.191


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Harriet M. Cobbs Ann Arbor, Michigan

I love the various material this figure is made from, it would give a you the ability to use your senses. Close your eyes and use you hands, nose, and ears and image what that figure would feel like as you touch it. To as a teacher this figure is Reggio Emilia Inspired.


Mary Jo Wholihan Ann Arbor MI