Exchange: "The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas"

"The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas"

This article provides background information for the art from the Kongo kingdom in UMMA's African Collection.

Kongo Articles
See 8 Included Resources

"Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi)"
by Kathleen Pickford Berzock   &n...

"The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas"
by Kate Ezra, Phillip Guddemi, and Julie Jones</...

"There Are Many Kongo Worlds: Particularities of Magico-Religious Beliefs among the Vili and the Yombe of Congo-Brazzaville"
by Dunja Hersak

"Kongo: Power and Majesty"
by Alisa LaGamma

"The Recently Acquired Kongo Mangaaka Power Figure"
by Alisa LaGamma

"Northern Kongo Ancestor Figures"
by Kavuna Simon and Wyatt MacGaffey

"Art From Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back"
by Pamela McClusky

Nkisi Power Figure Article

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