Minneapolis Institute of Art
Crucifix
Kongo artistLinkedCulture matchlcp-6feb0b2f456e
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Brass
- Culture
- Kongo
- Department
- Arts of Global Africa
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 4450
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
The Kongo kingdom flourished from 1450 to 1700 as a vast, centralized African state on the Atlantic coast south of the equator. Christianity was adopted as a state religion at the end of the 15th century, and over the next 200 years Portuguese missionaries introduced crucifixes, devotional objects, and figures of saints, all of which were copied by Kongo artists. Incorporated into local religious practices that combined the two traditions, objects like this small crucifix were potent aids to piety and ritual. Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Credit line
- Gift of Marc Leo Felix
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