id: 168731 accession number: 2010.437 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.437 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:24.444000 Power figure (nkisi), late 1800s-early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo-style maker. Wood, organic materials (including resin), and metalized glass; overall: 17 x 7 x 6.5 cm (6 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2010.437 title: Power figure (nkisi) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1920 current location: creditline: René and Odette Delenne Collection, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund copyright: --- culture: Africa, Central Africa, Republic of the Congo, Kongo-style maker technique: Wood, organic materials (including resin), and metalized glass department: African Art collection: African Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 17 x 7 x 6.5 cm (6 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture opening date: 2013-10-27T00:00:00 Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 2013-February 9, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Unidentified art dealer, Nice, FR, 1961, sold to René and Odette Delenne) date: ?-1961 footnotes: citations: René [1901-1998] and Odette Delenne [1925-2012], Brussels, BE, 2010, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art. date: 1961-2010 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2010 date: 2010 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Petridis, Constantine, et al. Fragments of the Invisible: The René and Odette Delenne Collection of Congo Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art. Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2013, 54-58. page number: Mentioned: pp. 54, 56, 113; reproduced: 58-59, cat. 15 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.437/2010.437_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.437/2010.437_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2010.437/2010.437_full.tif