COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1978.409
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MMA_.1978.409
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2000
aly
2000
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Nationality:
African; Central African; Congolese; Songye
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African; Central African; Congolese; Songye
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Songye peoples
crt
Songye peoples
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Power Figure
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Power Figure
Title
false
View:
Side View
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Side View
View
false
Creation Date:
19th-20th century
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19th-20th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1800
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1800
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1999
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1999
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, copper, brass, iron, fiber, snakeskin, leather, fur, feathers, earth, resin
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Wood, copper, brass, iron, fiber, snakeskin, leather, fur, feathers, earth, resin
Materials and Techniques
false
Dimensions:
H. 39 in. (99.1 cm)
met
H. 39 in. (99.1 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
oop
New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1978.409
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1978.409
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Engelhard and Mary R. Morgan Gifts and Rogers Fund, 1978
ooc
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Engelhard and Mary R. Morgan Gifts and Rogers Fund, 1978
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
A Songye 'nganga,' or religious specialist, has endowed this carved figure with spiritual powers by inserting symbolic substances-animal, vegetable, and mineral-into its head, abdomen, and shoulders, and by attaching bundles of similar ingredients to its chest, neck, and feet. Offerings to ancestral spirits who bestow fertility and provide protection against disease and misfortune are still visible in the sculpture's mouth. A power figure of this size is owned communally by the members of a Songye village, who consult it regularly at public ceremonies.
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<P>A Songye 'nganga,' or religious specialist, has endowed this carved figure with spiritual powers by inserting symbolic substances-animal, vegetable, and mineral-into its head, abdomen, and shoulders, and by attaching bundles of similar ingredients to its chest, neck, and feet. Offerings to ancestral spirits who bestow fertility and provide protection against disease and misfortune are still visible in the sculpture's mouth. A power figure of this size is owned communally by the members of a Songye village, who consult it regularly at public ceremonies.</P>
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ao1978.409.AV1.tif
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MMA_.ao1978.409.AV1.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false