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Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/

[aic-african]

Figural Container, Zigua, 1875, Art Institute of Chicago: Arts of Africa

Healing in Tanzania often involves visually evocative objects in order to harness spirit forces. Playing upon the idea of the human body as a container, the artist carved a cavity into this figure’s body; its head functions as the stopper. The single point under its legs would have allowed it to stand upright. Such objects are rarely used today and few healers know the closely guarded secrets that were required to make the figures effective. Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection and Edward Johnson funds Size: H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.) Medium: Wood, leather, and sacrificial material

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/192056/