Search The Collection

Filter By

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

Department

Show Only:

Highlights
Artworks With Image
Artworks on Display
Open Access
As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.
APIPublic domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API
Nazi-era provenance
Objects with changed or unknown ownership in continental Europe between 1933-1945. Learn more

Showing 19 results for Kongo artist

Sort by:

Nkisi (power figure)
Kongo artist and nganga
19th–first half of 20th century

Power Figure (Nkisi): Kneeling Male
Kongo artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Seated tumba (memorial figure)
Kongo artist
Late 18th–early 19th century

Nsiba (whistle) for a hunter or diviner
Kongo artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Staff with Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo artist
19th century

Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo artist
16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Crucifix
Kongo artist
16th–17th century

Christ figure
Kongo artist
18th–19th century

Pendant with Saint Anthony of Padua
Kongo artist
16th–19th century

Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
ca. 1880–1900

Seated ancestor figure
Bembe-Kongo artist
19th–first half of 20th century

Tusk with Figurative Relief
Vili-Kongo artist(s)
ca. 1880–1890

Nkisi (power figure) with dog and rider
Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century

Female nkisi (power figure)
Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
Late 19th–early 20th century

Nkiba or butti ancestor figure
Teke peoples, Fumu group or Kongo peoples, Bembe group
19th–early 20th century

Mpu cap of chiefly authority
Kongo artist
Late 19th century

Triple Crucifix
Kongo artist
16th–17th century (central figure); 18th–19th century (top and bottom figures)

Tusk with figurative relief
Vili-Kongo artist(s)
ca. 1880–1890

Mfunga (fly whisk) with bound female figure

Yombe-Kongo artist

19th–early 20th century