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A Closer Look: Nkisi nkondi, power figure, by an unknown Kongo artist

Nkisi nkondi, power figure
January, 2009 Supplementary PDF (207.73 KB)

 Vivian Ladd, Museum Educator, and Alex Bortolot, former Assistant Curator, Special Projects.

2009, brochure

Publication type: A Closer Look Brochures

Publication subject: Africa