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Magic statue (Vernacular name: Mangaaka) Creator: Master of the Chiloango River (1880 - 1910), Africa - Central Africa - Congo, Culture: Vili - Kongo, late 19th - early 20th century, African. Stock Photo
RM2A27213–Magic statue (Vernacular name: Mangaaka) Creator: Master of the Chiloango River (1880 - 1910), Africa - Central Africa - Congo, Culture: Vili - Kongo, late 19th - early 20th century, African.
An idol from the Congo with knives and nails driven in to it. The wooden idol, from the region north of the Lower Congo (Chiloango River), is from the British Museum and is covered in knives and nails knocked into it by worshippers. Known as Mangaka, its aid was sought by men who had suffered from theft, accident, sickness, or misfortune. The victim, on payment of a fee, was permitted to drive a nail or knife blade into the figure to call the attention of the supernatural power, which the figure represents. Figure featured in a double page spread in The Illustrated London News comparing t Stock Photo
RM2M3RBJP–An idol from the Congo with knives and nails driven in to it. The wooden idol, from the region north of the Lower Congo (Chiloango River), is from the British Museum and is covered in knives and nails knocked into it by worshippers. Known as Mangaka, its aid was sought by men who had suffered from theft, accident, sickness, or misfortune. The victim, on payment of a fee, was permitted to drive a nail or knife blade into the figure to call the attention of the supernatural power, which the figure represents. Figure featured in a double page spread in The Illustrated London News comparing t
Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N'Kond i: Mangaaka mid 19 cent Democratic Republic of the Congo Chiloango River region 118 cm Africa Stock Photo
RMCXFM03–Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N'Kond i: Mangaaka mid 19 cent Democratic Republic of the Congo Chiloango River region 118 cm Africa
Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka), Kongo peoples, Yombe group, 19th century, Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Angola, Chiloango River region, Kongo peoples, Yombe group, Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment, H. 46 7/16 × W. 19 1/2 × D. 15 1/2 in., 53 lb. (118 × 49.5 × 39.4 cm, 24 kg), Wood-Sculpture Stock Photo
RM2B0KWX1–Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka), Kongo peoples, Yombe group, 19th century, Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Angola, Chiloango River region, Kongo peoples, Yombe group, Wood, iron, resin, ceramic, plant fiber, textile, pigment, H. 46 7/16 × W. 19 1/2 × D. 15 1/2 in., 53 lb. (118 × 49.5 × 39.4 cm, 24 kg), Wood-Sculpture
Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka). Culture: Kongo peoples; Yombe group. Dimensions: H. 46 1/2 in. (118 cm), W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm), D. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Central African power figures are among the ubiquitous genres identified with African art. Conceived to house specific mystical forces, they were collaborative creations of Kongo sculptors and ritual specialists. This example belongs to the most ambitious class of that tradition, attributed to the atelier of a master active along the coast of Congo and Angola at the end of the nineteenth century and identified wi Stock Photo
RMPAN1AH–Power Figure (Nkisi N'Kondi: Mangaaka). Culture: Kongo peoples; Yombe group. Dimensions: H. 46 1/2 in. (118 cm), W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm), D. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm). Date: 19th century. Central African power figures are among the ubiquitous genres identified with African art. Conceived to house specific mystical forces, they were collaborative creations of Kongo sculptors and ritual specialists. This example belongs to the most ambitious class of that tradition, attributed to the atelier of a master active along the coast of Congo and Angola at the end of the nineteenth century and identified wi
Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka Stock Photo
RMC518X1–Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPRINIDJE. 233 Total length 530 millim. Chiloango System and Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loan go R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zan. „ 6-10. Types. Lebuzi It. at Boma Vonde. „ 11. Ad. Ja It., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital region. Kg. 146.. Barbus cardozoi. Type (A. M. C). J. 34 d. BARBUS ROYLTI. Bouleng. t. c. p. Stock Photo
RMRFA1N0–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPRINIDJE. 233 Total length 530 millim. Chiloango System and Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loan go R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zan. „ 6-10. Types. Lebuzi It. at Boma Vonde. „ 11. Ad. Ja It., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital region. Kg. 146.. Barbus cardozoi. Type (A. M. C). J. 34 d. BARBUS ROYLTI. Bouleng. t. c. p.
Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka Stock Photo
RMC518WN–Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CTPRINID.E. 233 Total lcnf,'tli 530 millim. Chiloango System aud Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loango IL at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali H. at Biico Zau. » (â )-10. Types. Leliuzi K. at Bouia Voiule. â 11. A.l. Ja U., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Uisthiguislicd from L'. Irapji by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital roirinn. Fig. l-iO.. -.â ,-«x.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for Stock Photo
RMRFA20N–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CTPRINID.E. 233 Total lcnf,'tli 530 millim. Chiloango System aud Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loango IL at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali H. at Biico Zau. » (â )-10. Types. Leliuzi K. at Bouia Voiule. â 11. A.l. Ja U., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Uisthiguislicd from L'. Irapji by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital roirinn. Fig. l-iO.. -.â ,-«x.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka, Stock Photo
RMC518XK–Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPRINIDJE. 233 Total length 530 millim. Chiloango System and Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loan go R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zan. „ 6-10. Types. Lebuzi It. at Boma Vonde. „ 11. Ad. Ja It., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital region. Kg. 146.. Barbus cardozoi. Type (A. M. C). J. 34 d. BARBUS ROYLTI. Bouleng. t. c. p. Stock Photo
RMRF19K5–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Fishes; Freshwater animals. CTPRINIDJE. 233 Total length 530 millim. Chiloango System and Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loan go R. at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali R. at Buco Zan. „ 6-10. Types. Lebuzi It. at Boma Vonde. „ 11. Ad. Ja It., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Distinguished from B. krapfi by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital region. Kg. 146.. Barbus cardozoi. Type (A. M. C). J. 34 d. BARBUS ROYLTI. Bouleng. t. c. p.
Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka, Stock Photo
RMC518YN–Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka,
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CTPRINID.E. 233 Total lcnf,'tli 530 millim. Chiloango System aud Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loango IL at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali H. at Biico Zau. » (â )-10. Types. Leliuzi K. at Bouia Voiule. â 11. A.l. Ja U., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Uisthiguislicd from L'. Irapji by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital roirinn. Fig. l-iO.. -.â ,-«x.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for Stock Photo
RMRF1TCB–. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. CTPRINID.E. 233 Total lcnf,'tli 530 millim. Chiloango System aud Ja River (Congo System). 1. Type. Loango IL at N'Kutu. Dr. W. J. Ansorge (C). 2-5. Types. Lnali H. at Biico Zau. » (â )-10. Types. Leliuzi K. at Bouia Voiule. â 11. A.l. Ja U., S. Cameroon. G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). Uisthiguislicd from L'. Irapji by the more prominent snout and the broader interorbital roirinn. Fig. l-iO.. -.â ,-«x.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka, Stock Photo
RMC518X9–Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka,
Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka, Stock Photo
RMC518Y5–Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka,
Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka, Stock Photo
RMC518XW–Detail: Kongo Power Figure Nkisi N´Kondi: Mangaaka,