Art and altars from africa and the african americas. African masks african art effigy african fabric dark art folklore art tribal art brut outsider art.
Nail figures fetish objects with hundreds of protruding nails and magically charged decorations.
Nail figure african art. The name nkondi derives from the verb konda meaning to hunt and thus nkondi means hunter because they can hunt down and attack wrong doers witches or enemies. New york the museum for african art face of the gods. African nkisi kozo dog nail fetish figure bacongo tribe dr.
Power figure kongo peoples if youre seeing this message it means were having trouble loading external resources on our website. I wish i had more money because i would love to collect these african art piecesthey intrigue me so much. Skip to main content.
Nail figure nkisi nkondi kongo from shiloango river area democratic republic of congo ca. Arts and humanities ap art history africa. Find great deals on ebay for nkisi.
Kongo nail power figure democratic republic of the congo lot sothebys. The yombe nkisi and nkonde dog and human figures out of congo are one of the most peculiar styles in all of african art. Power figure kongo peoples.
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Blades and nails are inserted into these power figures as a means to resolve conflict. Arman lart. Read and learn for free about the following article.
If you came to this page just looking for information on the kongo nail fetish figures then i would say your best bet is to go to the information. African tribal art kongonkisi power nail figure fetish from drccongo 29000. Nkondi or nkonde nail fetish.
Nkondi plural varies minkondi zinkondi or ninkondi are mystical idols made by the kongo people of the congo regionnkondi are a subclass of minkisi that are considered aggressive. The museum for african art 1997. African art and architecture.
I currently do not have a kongo nail fetish figure in my collection.
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