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Cassandra Martin: ‘Nkisi: A Spirit Lives Here’
This piece, ‘Nkisi: A Spirit Lives Here’ personifies the artist’s perspective of womanhood on a physical, mental and spiritual level in relationship to procreation, motherhood and crone (wise woman elder) status. It is the artist’s rendition exclusively, and not to be construed as an authentic artifact unique to Central Africa (Congo), or the Palo spiritual tradition.
Beverly McCutcheon –
Awesome piece. For me, it simultaneously invokes both the beauty and pain of being a woman.