DR of the Kongo. DR of the Kongo 172. Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi) Kongo Peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1890 CE Wood and metal.

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DR of the Kongo

172. Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi) Kongo Peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1890 CE Wood and metal

UMFA Examples click for more info

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVC0EAEuJSo

Form Function Content Context Hard wood; human, though sometimes animal figures spirits can be called upon to bless/harm; cause death and give life alert pose- eyes and mouth open Spirits/Medicine embedded in the image size ranges from 4-5 feet tall to 8 inches in order to prod the image to action, nails and blades are often inserted into the work or removed from it medical properties are inserted into the body cavity nails pounded into the figure

173. Female (Pwo) mask. Chokwe People (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 1900 CE Wood, fiber, metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUOrPtOsQOE

UMFA Examples

174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire) 174. Portrait mask (Mblo). Baule peoples (Côte d’Ivoire). Early 20th century C.E. Wood and pigment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VXiPSJsJIM

What are some things we do to help us remember?

177. Lukasa (memory Board) Luba People (Democratic Republic of the Congo 19th-20th Century Wood, beads, metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqmMQjf8XLY

Form Function Content Context carved from wood in an hourglass shape, decorated with shells, beads, or metal Helps the reader remember key elements of a story: Court ceremonies, migration, heroes, kinship, genealogy, royal lists Reading example: one colored bead can stand for an individual; a large bead surrounded by small ones could be a king & court; lines of beads could be journeys reader holds the lukasa in the left hand and traces it with the right only a few people can actually read them each board has a unique design mbudye society control the lukasa

178. Aka elephant mask. Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads.

https://www. khanacademy https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/central-africa/cameroon1/v/elephant-mask https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3hyg_ldgaE

179. Reliquary Figure (byeri) Fang People, Cameroon 19th-20th Century Wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5pM4rxVAc https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa/central-africa/gabon-art/v/fang-reliquaryo

Form Function Content Context elongated torso, enlarged head figures placed on top of cylinder-like containers made of bark that hold skulls and other bones of important leaders feet dangle over the edge of the container in a gesture of protection figures rubbed with oil for protection against insects, and to add shine puppets for young mens’ initiation Bieri figures are composed of characteristics the Fang people place a high value upon: tranquility, vitality, introspection prominent belly button/genitals emphasize life; prayerful pose emphasizes death guards the contents against the gaze of the uninitiated