Mangaaka电力图（Nkisi N'Kondi） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	Mangaaka电力图（Nkisi N'Kondi）
品名（英）	Mangaaka Power Figure (Nkisi N’Kondi)
入馆年号	2008年，2008.30
策展部门	迈克尔·洛克菲勒之翼（The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1850 - 公元 1899
创作地区	刚果共和国或安哥拉卡宾达（Republic of the Congo or Cabinda, Angola）
分类	木雕（Wood-Sculpture）
尺寸	高 46 7/16 × 宽 19 1/2 × 深 15 1/2 英寸, 53 磅 (118 × 49.5 × 39.4 厘米, 24 kg)
介绍（中）	中非权力人物是非洲艺术中随处可见的流派之一。它们是由孔戈雕塑家和仪式专家共同创作的，旨在容纳特定的神秘力量。这个例子属于这一传统中最具野心的一个阶层，这归功于19世纪末活跃在刚果和安哥拉海岸的一位大师的工作室，并与杰出的法学力量曼加卡（Mangaaka）联系在一起这一权力被代表为主持权力和执行权力的领主或国王。它的王冠元素是酋长或牧师所戴的独特的mpu头饰。这个人物的姿势和姿势，双手叉腰放在臀部，身体前倾，这是一个无畏挑战的人的积极态度。下巴轮廓上的指甲留下了胡须缺失的痕迹，这是资历的象征。还有一个腹腔的残余物质，最初吸引了这个人物的决定性力量。镶嵌在这个人物庞大躯干上的各种金属证明了它作为社区关键事务的见证者和执行者的核心作用。他们记录了誓言、签署的条约以及根除邪恶的努力。最终，这项工作激发了对违反既定社会行为准则后果的反思。
介绍（英）	Central African power figures are among the ubiquitous genres identified with African art. Conceived to house specific mystical forces, they were collaborative creations of Kongo sculptors and ritual specialists. This example belongs to the most ambitious class of that tradition, attributed to the atelier of a master active along the coast of Congo and Angola at the end of the nineteenth century and identified with Mangaaka, the preeminent force of jurisprudence. That power was represented as a presiding authority and enforcing lord or king. Its crowning element is the distinctive mpu headdress worn by chiefs or priests. The figure's posture and gesture, leaning forward with hands placed akimbo on the hips, is the aggressive attitude of one who challenges fearlessly. Traces of a missing beard-a sign of seniority-survive in the form of nails along the contours of the chin. There are also vestiges of an abdominal cavity for medicinal matter that originally attracted the figure's defining force. The various metals embedded in the figure's expansive torso attest to its central role as witness and enforcer of affairs critical to its community. They document vows sealed, treaties signed, and efforts to eradicate evil. Ultimately, this work inspired reflection on the consequences of transgressing established codes of social conduct.