Songye Figure

Nkisi
DRC
Lomami Basin and Province
19th Century
28 cm

Provenance
William Brill collection

Publication
Expo Cat:”Wild Spirits Strong Medicine:African Art and the Wilderness” by Anderson(Martha G) and Christine Mullen Kreamer, New York: The Center for African ARt. 1989:124 #83
Expo Cat: “Art and Power in the Central African Savana.
Luba/Songye/ Chokwe/Luluwa”by Petridis(Constantin)Brussels:Mercatorfonds & The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleaveland, Ohio
2008 #55

Exhibition
“Wild Spirits, Srong Medicine-African Art and the Wilderness”
-New York, NY: Center for African Art, 10 May-20 August, 1989
-Evanston, IL: Block Art Gallery, Northwestern University,
21 September-22 November 1989
-Coral Gables, FL: Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami,
14 December 1989-28 January 1990
-Columbus OH: Teh Columbus Museum of ARt, 18 February-30 April 1990
-Worcester, MA: The Worcester Art Museum, 15 September-1 December 1990
“Art and Power in the Central African Savanna”
-Houston, Texas: The Menhil Collection, 26 September 2008
-Cleaveland:The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1 March 2009
-San Francisco; de Young Museum,
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,
27 June 2009

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