#Congolese carved #figures (late 1800s-early 1900s)
🔗 https://ClevelandArt.org/art/2010.454
🔗 https://ClevelandArt.org/art/2010.434
The #Cleveland #Museum of #Art

#Female Bowl-Bearing Figure: "a royal diviner likely used this well-carved image of a #woman carrying a bowl in #rituals." (Click the links above to see the full sculptures.)

#Male #Figure (Nkisi): "these figures are believed to host a variety of #ancestral #spirits."

#Nkisi #African #spirit #art #divination #Time & #Timelessness