フィラデルフィア美術館のインスタグラム(philamuseum) - 7月9日 00時40分

A power figure, or "nkisi n'kondi," is a house for mystical forces. In Kongo culture, spiritual officials drive pegs and nails—which symbolize physical, social, and spiritual ailments—into the sculpted figure as a way to purify the community. Learn more about this culture and others in "Look Again: Contemporary Perspectives on African Art." #CreativeAfrica
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Power Figure, Late 19th or early 20th century, Kongo Kingdom, Yombe culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia. Image courtesy of the Penn Museum.)

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