File:Central Africa, Democratic Repulic of the Congo, late 19th-mid 20th Century - Figure - 1974.201 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif

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Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
Description
Biteki is the generic name for Yaka figures used as containers for magical ingredients. After being charged by a ritual specialist, they become minkisi, or power objects, and gain the power to either cure or harm. This example, with various leadership accoutrements, likely belongs to the category called phuungu. Placed inside a house, the statuette would have protected against witches and other evil.
Date late 1800s-mid 1900s
Medium Wood, lizard skin, leopard tooth, seed pods, cloth
Dimensions Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
African Art
Accession number
1974.201
Place of creation Central Africa, Democratic Repulic of the Congo, late 19th-mid 20th Century
Credit line Gift of Katherine C. White
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.201

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