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Obverse
Female Power Figure (Nkishi)
Obverse
Obverse

Female Power Figure (Nkishi)

Date19th century
MediumWood, horn, iron, brass tacks, glass beads, raffia, cloth, fiber, tukula, symbolic substances
Dimensions14 9/16 x 3 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (37 x 8.9 x 9.8 cm)
Height with base: 16 3/4 inches
Base (width x depth): 4 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Classifications26-Sculpture-Africa and Oceania
Credit LineGift of Dianne Komminsk in memory of LaVerne Shone
Object number2007.115
On View
On view
Obverse
Songye people
19th century
Obverse
Songye people
19th century
Image from catalog
African
1st quarter 20th century
Standing Female Figure
African
19th century
Power Figure (Nkishi): Male, Half Figure
Songye people
20th century, 1st quarter
Nkishi (Power Figure)
Songye people
19th century
Male Figure (Sika Blawa)
Baule people
Mid 20th century
Drum (Ngoma)
Songye people
20th century, 1st quarter
Image version from "Selected Works from The Dayton Art Institute Permanent Collection" publishe…
Chinese
206 BCE - CE 9
Image provided by appraiser, John A. Buxton
African
Late 19th to early 20th century
Shiva’s Family
B.G. Sharma
about 1960-1970