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1. the Art of
Conversion
Christian Visual Culture in the
Kingdom of Kongo
cécile fromont

2. Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early
American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia,
by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Christian Visual
Culture in the
Kingdom of Kongo
cécile fromont
the Art of Conversion

3. Plate 6 Nkisi Nkondi. Bakongo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, before 1914. Wood, metal,
cloth, shell, other material, height 85 cm. Royal
Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium,
inv. EO.0.0.22438. Photograph by Schneebeli,
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren ©
Plate 7 Nkisi Nkondi. Bakongo, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, before 1878. Wood, metal,
fabric, pigment, fibers, glass, 115 × 45 × 33 cm. Royal
Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium,
inv. EO.0.0.7943. Photograph, R. Asselberghs,
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren ©
Plate 8 Detail of a Sword of Status in the Chest of an Nkisi Nkondi. Bakongo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1878. Wood, metal, fabric, pigment, fibers,
glass, 115 × 45 × 33 cm. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, inv.
EO.0.0.7943. Photograph, J. M. Vandyck, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren ©