Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Forgotten Gold, from Lost Tribe Series

Artist Steven Bandoma

Date2011

Made/manufacturedDemocratic Republic of Congo

MediumCollage and watercolor on paper

Dimensions39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in. (100 x 140 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Acquisition Endowment

Object number2012.61.1

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DescriptionImage of Kongo power figure (nkisi) with enlarged naturalistic head, red collaged lips, and broken legs, rendered in watercolor, with paper cut out hands from fashion magazines emanating from the body of the figure, nails floating in space around figure, red ropes on either side, and a small figure of St. Michale (collage image); plinth of figure has dates 1869-1960. The figure is being pulled off its plinth.