Crucifix
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The missionaries who accompanied these early navigators established a Christian presence that existed until the mid-18th century. Kongo people absorbed some Christian rites and materials into their own practices. Crucifixes made by local casters were derived from early Portuguese prototypes, but Kongo chiefs used them as power tokens without a Christian interpretation."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Crucifix with a figure of Christ in a loin cloth. Two figures with clasped hands sit atop the crosspiece of the cross. One figure kneels below Christ's crossed feet. A band of incised cross-hatching borders the edge of the cross."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Merton Simpson, New York, -- before 1988"}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Pat Dierickx, Brussels, 1988"}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Ernst Anspach, New York, 1988 to 1991"}, {"label": "Exhibition History", "content": "Pavilion: A New Look, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2019\u00e2\u0080\u0093ongoing"}, {"label": "Exhibition History", "content": "Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue - From the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr., National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, November 7, 2014-January 24, 2016"}, {"label": "Exhibition History", "content": "The Earth Moves-We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Frank H. McClung Museum, Knoxville, January 10-May 18, 2003"}, {"label": "Exhibition History", "content": "The Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, October 22-July 16, 1996; Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, February 1-August 3, 1997; Museum of African American History, Detroit, October 8-December 27, 1997; New Orleans Museum of Art, February 1-April 12, 1998; Baltimore Museum of Art, June 7-August 23, 1998; American Museum of Natural History, New York, October 9, 1998-January 3, 1999"}, {"label": "Published References", "content": "Cosentino, Donald J. (ed). 1995. Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of cultural History, University of California, p. 31, no. 1.8."}, {"label": "Published References", "content": "Dewey, William J. 2003. The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art. Knoxville: Frank H. McClung Museum, The University of Tennessee, p. 49, no. 52."}, {"label": "Published References", "content": "Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Adrienne L. Childs (eds). 2014. Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue from the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, pp. 102, 113, no. 64, pl. 42."}, {"label": "Content Statement", "content": "As part of our commitment to accessibility and transparency, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is placing its collection records online. Please note that some records are incomplete (missing image or content descriptions) and others reflect out-of-date language or systems of thought regarding how to engage with and discuss cultural heritage and the specifics of individual artworks. If you see content requiring immediate action, we will do our best to address it in a timely manner. Please email nmafacuratorial@si.edu if you have any questions."}, {"label": "Image Requests", "content": "High resolution digital images are not available for some objects. For publication quality photography and permissions, please contact the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at https://africa.si.edu/research/eliot-elisofon-photographic-archives/"}], "title": [{"label": "Object Name", "content": "<I>nkangi kiditu</I>"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Sculpture"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Gift of Ernst Anspach"}], "name": [{"label": "Maker", "content": "Kongo artist"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "male"}], "place": [{"label": "Geography", "content": "Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo"}, {"label": "Geography", "content": "Congo"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Copper alloy"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "H x W x D: 33.3 x 14.9 x 2.9 cm (13 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Museum of African Art"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:nmafa_91-10-1", "hash": "a3876a50c244133e755a089d079b675e0e14859b", "docSignature": "26cf1976793b6c62ce3f4845652932f3", "timestamp": 1663781618, "lastTimeUpdated": 1656577805, "title": "Crucifix"}