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Power statue (nkishi) of the Songye peoples
Songye [people]Late 19th – early 20th Century
MAS
Antwerp, Belgium
The headdress, bead necklace and wide raffia skirt refer to the 19th-century regional dress of a chief.
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- Title: Power statue (nkishi) of the Songye peoples
- Creator: Songye [people]
- Date Created: Late 19th – early 20th Century
- Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Dimensions: height: 90.5cm – width: 63cm – depth: 58cm
- Subject Keywords: Ethnographic collection
- Type: Figure
- Medium: Wood, plant fibre, glass, copper, iron, raffia, leather, snakeskin, horn, mixed media
- ID: AE.1940.0001.0047
- Department: Ethnographic collection – Africa
- Acquisition: Bequest from Paul Osterrieth (1940)
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